“I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.”
(Now why the hell would that be downvoted?)
It doesn’t seem to address the comment it is a response to?
Um, it does: I was ironically comparing Newton’s sentiment to the frustration seemingly expressed in shminux’s comment?
I didn’t vote on your comments, but I assume the person (?) who did thought you should have given an example of the kind shminux wanted instead.
“I was like a boy playing on the sea-shore, and diverting myself now and then finding a smoother pebble or a prettier shell than ordinary, whilst the great ocean of truth lay all undiscovered before me.”
(Now why the hell would that be downvoted?)
It doesn’t seem to address the comment it is a response to?
Um, it does: I was ironically comparing Newton’s sentiment to the frustration seemingly expressed in shminux’s comment?
I didn’t vote on your comments, but I assume the person (?) who did thought you should have given an example of the kind shminux wanted instead.