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In the absence of any other proof, the thumb alone would convince me of God's existence.
Isaac Newton
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Isaac Newton
Age: 84 †
Born: 1643
Born: January 4
Died: 1727
Died: March 20
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Daniel was in the greatest credit amongst the Jews, till the reign of the Roman Emperor Hadrian . And to reject his prophecies, is to reject the Christian religion. For this religion is founded upon his prophecy concerning the Messiah .
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We account the Scriptures of God to be the most sublime philosophy.
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How came the bodies of animals to be contrived with so much art, and for what ends were their several parts? Was the eye contrived without skill in Opticks, and the ear without knowledge of sounds?...and these things being rightly dispatch’d, does it not appear from phænomena that there is a Being incorporeal, living, intelligent...?
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If I have done the public any service, it is due to my patient thought.
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