...have been only like a boy, playing on the seashore, and diverting myself in finding now and then a pebble, or a prettier shell than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.'f * " Ceternm editio jam perfecta erat, illiusque exemplum Kheticus ad ipsum...

...he declared, a little before his death, " I do not know what I may appear to the world] but to mywlf I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary,...

...littleness; and a short time before his death he uttered this memorable sentiment: ' I do not know what I may appear to the world ; but to myself I seem...now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the 90 great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.' " In the religious...

...lies extended before you." " I know not, said he, at the close of his illustrious career, " I know not what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy, playing on the sea shore, finding sometimes a brighter pebble or a smoother shell than ordinary, while the great ocean...

...a sentence in the spirit of Shakspeare, : — " I don't know what I may seem to the world ; but, as to myself, I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting himself in now and then finding a smoother pebble, or a prettyer shell, than ordinary, whilst the great...

...light.' But hear his own estimation of all that he had achieved : — ' I do not know,' said he, ' what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem...than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.' This is undoubtedly the true estimate, and what a lesson does it teach to...

...Newton, a short time before bis death, as if with a kindred feeling, thus mentioned : " I do not know what I may appear to the world ; but to myself I seem...pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, while the vast ocean of truth lay still undiscovered before me." — Dr. firewater's Life of Sir Isaac Newton,...

...all that he had achiev,' said he, ' what I may appear to ;lf I seem to have been only like a .shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother...than ordinary, while the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.' This is undoubtedly the true estimate, and what a lesson does it teach to...

...of God, and the laws by which he governs them. Shortly before his death, he said : " I do not know what I may appear to the world ; but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playing on the sea shore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than...

...light.' But hear his own estimation of all that he had achieved : — ' I do not know,' said he, ' what I may appear to the world, but to myself I seem to have been only like a boy playingon the seashore, and diverting myself in now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier...