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Birthday Rites (or Rights)

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Gary Allen
Jan 03, 2025
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On January 4, 382 years ago, Isaac Newton was born in Woolsthorpe, Lincolnshire, England.

Other than a strictly amateur interest in physics, optics, and a workmanlike respect for the laws of gravity, I don’t have much of a connection with that great man. However, I did purloin a few of his words for part of the introduction to my first published book (T…

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