Epitaph: Intended for Sir Isaac Newton

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

Alexander Pope

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Topic

Scientific progress

Author

Alexander Pope

Source

Epitaph: Intended for Sir Isaac Newton

Medium

Epitaph

Language

English

Time

1730 1730s 18th century

Era

Age of Enlightenment

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Original Citation

Pope, Alexander. Epitaph: Intended for Sir Isaac Newton. c. 1730.

Current Citation

Pope, Alexander. "Epitaph Intended for Sir Isaac Newton." Alexander Pope: The Major Works, edited by Pat Rogers. Oxford University Press, 2009.