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
| Joel Dorman Steele - Astronomy - 1874 - 424 pages
...laws of nature, Kepler exclaimed, " Nothing holds me. The die is cast. The book is written, to be read now or by posterity, I care not which. It may well wait a century for a reader, since God has waited six thousand years for an observer."^ -/' ~Zf[ Galileo. — Contemporary with... | |
| Joel Dorman Steele - Astronomy - 1874 - 340 pages
...laws of nature, Kepler exclaimed, " Nothing holds me. The die is cast. The book is written, to be read now or by posterity, I care not which. It may well wait a century for a reader, since God has waited six thousand years for an observer."t Galileo. — Contemporary with Kepler was... | |
| John Bartlett - Quotations - 1875 - 890 pages
...dust.8 Ibid. Death calls ye to the crowd of common men. Cupid and Death. Song. JOHN KEPLER. 1571-1630. It may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer. From Brewster's Martyrs of Science, p. 197. 1 Nil tarn difficilest quin quserendo investigari possiet... | |
| Joel Dorman Steele - Astronomy - 1876 - 348 pages
...laws of nature, Kepler exclaimed, " Nothing holds me. The die is cast. The book is written, to be read now or by posterity, I care not which. It may well wait a century for a reader, since God has waited six thousand years for an observer."! Gcdileo. — Contemporary with Kepler was... | |
| Charles Walton Sanders - 1876 - 486 pages
...been the object of his incessant pursuit. He was almost frantic with joy, and exclaimed, — " The die is cast ! The book is written to be read, either now or by poS' terity, I care not which ! It may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand... | |
| Samuel Miner Campbell - Astronomy - 1877 - 352 pages
..."I will indulge my sacred fury. 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...not which. It may well wait a century for a reader, since God has waited six thousand years for an observer." * The planets, all sought out and counted,... | |
| Henry Kiddle - Astronomy - 1877 - 296 pages
...will indulge in my sacred fury. 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...posterity, I care not which : it may well wait a century fur a reader, as God has waited six thonsand years for an interpreter of his worki." Sir John Herschel... | |
| Percy Strutt - Bible - 1877 - 480 pages
...away 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...by posterity, I care not which : it may well wait for a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer."* § 5. Mr. Mill... | |
| Henry Grattan Guinness - Bible - 1878 - 736 pages
...will indulge my sacred fury ! If you forgive me, I rejoice ! if you are angry, I can l,ear it ! The die 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 a reader, since Cod has waited six thousand years... | |
| Samuel Smiles - Conduct of life - 1880 - 460 pages
...labours. " The die is cast," he said; " 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,...God has waited six thousand years for an observer." The next book Kepler published, The Epitome of the Copernican Astronomy, was condemned at Rome, and... | |
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