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...reply, which was both modeft and judicious, That, if he had made any improvements in thofe fciences, it was owing more to patient attention than to any other talent. Whatever be the effects which attention may produce, (and I apprehend they are far beyond what is commonly...

...reply, whieh was both modest and judieious, that, if he had made any improvements in those seienees, it was owing more to patient attention than to any other talent. Whatever be the effeets whieh attention may produee, and I apprehend they are far beyond what is eommonly...

...reply, which was both modest and judicious, That, if he had made any improvements in those sciences, it was owing more to patient attention than to any other talent. Whatever be the effects which attention may produce, (and I apprehend they are far beyond what is commonly...

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...illustrations : To one who complimented Sir Isaac Newton on his genius, he replied, that if he aad made any discoveries it was owing more to patient attention than to any other talent. There is out little analogy between mathematics and play-acting ; but I heard the great Mrs. Siddons, in nearly...

...break or let fall the thread which he had begun to spin. This is, in fact, what Sir Isasc Newton, with equal modesty and shrewdness, himself admitted. To...more to patient attention than to any other talent." Concentration and prolongation of the attention to any given subject is unquestionably one of the most...