Thomas Jefferson Quote

The Newtonian principle of gravitation is now more firmly established, on the basis of reason, than it would be were the government to step in, and to make it an article of necessary faith. Reason and experiment have been indulged, and error has fled before them.


Notes on the State of Virginia, 17


The Newtonian principle of gravitation is now more firmly established, on the basis of reason, than it would be were the government to step in, and...

The Newtonian principle of gravitation is now more firmly established, on the basis of reason, than it would be were the government to step in, and...

The Newtonian principle of gravitation is now more firmly established, on the basis of reason, than it would be were the government to step in, and...

The Newtonian principle of gravitation is now more firmly established, on the basis of reason, than it would be were the government to step in, and...