Hypotheses Non Fingo. I Frame No Hypotheses.

In The Absence Of Any Other Proof, The Thumb Alone Would Convince Me Of God's Existence.

To Me There Has Never Been A Higher Source Of Earthly Honor Or Distinction Than That Connected With Advances In Science.

Thus Far I Have Explained The Phenomena Of The Heavens And Of Our Sea By The Force Of Gravity, But I Have Not Yet Assigned A Cause To Gravity. Indeed, This Force Arises From Some Cause That Penetrates As Far As The Centers Of The Sun And Planets Without Any Diminution Of Its Power To Act, And That Acts Not In Proportion To The Quantity Of The Surfaces Of The Particles On Which It Acts (as Mechanical Causes Are Wont To Do) But In Proportion To The Quantity Of Solid Matter, And Whose Action Is Extended Everywhere To Immense Distances, Always Decreasing As The Squares Of The Distances.

The Seed Of A Tree Has The Nature Of A Branch Or Twig Or Bud. It Is A Part Of The Tree, But If Separated And Set In The Earth To Be Better Nourished, The Embryo Or Young Tree Contained In It Takes Root And Grows Into A New Tree.

My Principal Method For Defeating Error And Heresy Is By Establishing The Truth. One Purposes To Fill A Bushel With Tares, But If I Can Fill It First With Wheat, I May Defy His Attempts.