 I can bear it : the die is cast, the book is written ; to be read either now or by posterity, I care not which : it may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer.  Nature - Page 301edited by - 1872Full view - About this book
 | 1843 - 684 pages
...the book is written ; to be read either now or by posterity, I care not which : it may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer. If you would know the precise moment, the first idea came across rue on the 8th of March, of this year,... | |
 | William Rogerson - 1828 - 482 pages
...book is written, — to be read either now or by posterity, I care not > which : it may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer." — 20, 1727, Sir Isaac Newton died, aged eighty-five years. ASTRONOMICAL NOTICES. \ DURING this month,... | |
 | 1834 - 454 pages
...the book is written ; to be read either now or by posterity, I care not which : it may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer." The substance of Kepler's astrological opinions is contained in this work. It is remarkable that one... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1833 - 584 pages
...cast, the book is written ; to be read either now or by posterity, I care not which: it may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer." He has told, with his usual particularity, the manner and precise moment of the discovery. " Another... | |
 | Society for the Diffusion of Useful Knowledge (Great Britain) - 1833 - 584 pages
...the book is written ; to be read either now or by posterity, I care not which : it may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer." He has told, with his usual particularity, the manner and precise moment of the discovery. " Another... | |
 | Lives - 1833 - 588 pages
...cast, the book is written ; to be read either now or by posterity, I care not which: it may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer." He has told, with his usual particularity, the manner and precise moment of the discovery. " Another... | |
 | 1834 - 304 pages
...the book is written ; to be read either now or by posterity, I care not which : it may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer." The substance of Kepler's astrological opinions is contained in this work. It is remarkable that one... | |
 | Arthur Thomas Malkin - 1838 - 544 pages
...the book is written ; to be read either now or by posterity, I care not which : it may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer." The substance of Kepler's astrological opinions is contained in this work. It is remarkable that one... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - 1841 - 486 pages
...the book is written, to be read either now or by posterity, — I care not which. I may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer." In accordance with the notion he entertained respecting the " music of the spheres," he made Saturn... | |
 | 1850 - 836 pages
...the book is written, to be read either now or by posterity, — Icare not which. I may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer." As our colleges and professional schools are remembrancers of the cost of truth, so, I remark in the... | |
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