Though in astronomy survey'd, His constant course was retrograde; O'er Newton's system though he sleeps, And finds his wits in dark eclipse!


In: Florian Cajori, The Teaching and History of Mathematics in the United States

John Trumbull Quotes

Though in astronomy survey'd, His constant course was retrograde; O'er Newton's system though he sleeps, And finds his wits in dark eclipse!

Though in astronomy survey'd, His constant course was retrograde; O'er Newton's system though he sleeps, And finds his wits in dark eclipse!

Though in astronomy survey'd, His constant course was retrograde; O'er Newton's system though he sleeps, And finds his wits in dark eclipse!

Though in astronomy survey'd, His constant course was retrograde; O'er Newton's system though he sleeps, And finds his wits in dark eclipse!