Quotation by

Alexander Pope

Nature and nature's laws lay hid in the night. God said, Let Newton be! and all was light!

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Before Newton's discoveries, the workings of nature were mysterious and unknown. When Newton came along, his insights illuminated these hidden laws, making everything clear.

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And the day came when the risk to remain tight in a bud was more painful than the risk it took to blossom.

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I thank you God for this most amazing day, for the leaping greenly spirits of trees, and for the blue dream of sky and for everything which is natural, which is infinite, which is yes.
All my life I have tried to pluck a thistle and plant a flower wherever the flower would grow in thought and mind.
And this, our life, exempt from public haunt, finds tongues in trees, books in the running brooks, sermons in stones, and good in everything.