David Brewster Life of Sir Isaac Newton

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Whilst the greatest effort has been made to ensure the quality of this text, due to the historical nature of this content, in some rare cases there may be minor issues with legibility. As this is the only Life of Sir Isaac Newton on any considerable scale that has yet appeared, I have experienced great difficulty in preparing it for the public. The materials collected by preceding biographers were extremely scanty the particulars of his early life, and even the historical details of his discoveries, have been less perfectly preserved than those of his illustrious pred rs; and it is not creditable to his disciples that 9537 have allowed a whole century to elapse withgfiir't any suitable record of the life and labours ofl'a _master who united every claim to their afl'ection'and gratitude.