Isaac Newton Quote

In default of any other proof, the thumb would convince me of the existence of a God.


Reported as something said by Newton in Charles Dickens's All the Year Round (1864), Vol. 10, p. 346; later found in "The Book of the Hand" (1867) by A R. Craig, S. Low and Marston, p. 51:


In default of any other proof, the thumb would convince me of the existence of a God.

In default of any other proof, the thumb would convince me of the existence of a God.

In default of any other proof, the thumb would convince me of the existence of a God.

In default of any other proof, the thumb would convince me of the existence of a God.