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W. W. Rouse Ball Quotes: Newton took no exercise, indulged in no amusements, and worked incessantly, often spending eighteen or nineteen hours out of the twenty-four in writing.
         

Newton took no exercise, indulged in no amusements, and worked incessantly, often spending eighteen or nineteen hours out of the twenty-four in writing.


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Throughout his life Newton must have devoted at least as much attention to chemistry and theology as to mathematics.



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'My dear friend, that must be a delusion, what can a circle have to do with the number of people alive at a given time?'



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