 If you forgive me, I rejoice ; if you are angry, 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.  Temporis calendarium; or An almanack - Page 15by William Rogerson - 1828 - 1848 pagesFull view - About this book
 | George Brewster - 1858 - 464 pages
...the unvailed sun, most admirable to gaze upon, burst out upon me. I will triumph over mankind. The die is cast ; the book is written, to be read either...not which. It may well wait a century for a reader, when God has waited six thousand years for an observer." Nor yet was the hill of difficulty fully ascended,... | |
 | Denison Olmsted - Astronomy - 1858 - 454 pages
...far from the confines of Egypt. If you forgive me, I rejoice : if you are angry, I can bear it ; the die is cast, 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... | |
 | 1858 - 812 pages
...anticipation of the scepticism of his contem[xirariee, he said of his " Harmonies of the World," — " It may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer." It ig not our intention to examine the safety of the position Hugh Miller has taken in his " Testimony... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - 1858 - 924 pages
...anticipation of the skepticism of his contemporaries, he said of his " Harmonies of the World :" " It may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer." It is not our intention to examine the safety of the position Hugh Miller has taken in his " Testimony... | |
 | John Holmes Agnew, Walter Hilliard Bidwell - American periodicals - 1859 - 628 pages
...angry, I can bear it : the die is cast, the book is written — to be read now or by posterity; I cave not which. It may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an interpreter of his works." Kepler died despised and neglected by the men of his age, because he was... | |
 | Ormsby MacKnight Mitchel - Astronomy - 1860 - 698 pages
...indulge my sacred fury ! If you forgive me, I rejoice ; if you are angry, I can bear it. The «lie is cast. The book is written, to be read either now, or by posterity, 1 care not which. It may well wait a century for 9, reader, since God has waited six thousand years... | |
 | George Ripley, Charles Anderson Dana - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1860 - 816 pages
...15, 1618, when it became known to him ; and, speaking of the book which promulgated it, he said : " It may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited 6,000 years for an observer." The accession in 1619 of the emperor Ferdinand II., who promised to pay... | |
 | English periodicals - 1861 - 576 pages
...students of nature to a noble carelessness for the reception of his discoveries ; " the book," he said, " may well " wait a century for a reader, as God " has waited six thousand years for " an interpreter." I cannot feel that the message of hope, of encouragement, of consolation, which such... | |
 | 1862 - 710 pages
...pathetic words of the immortal Kepler, — ' The die is cast, the book is written, either to be read now or by posterity ; I care not which. It may well wait a century for a reader, since God has waited 6000 years for an observer.' " (P. 30.) But it is not our intention to add our... | |
 | 1862 - 710 pages
...pathetic words of the immortal Kepler,—' The die is cast, the book is written, either to be read now or by posterity ; I care not which. It may well wait a century for a reader, since God has waited 6000 years for an observer.' " (P. 30.) But it is not our intention to add our... | |
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