Did Alexander pope praise newton

Anonymous

∙ 12y ago

Updated: 8/19/2019

Is it just me or does anyone else detect a tinge of mockery in Pope's epitaph on Newton especially given Pope's rather robust (some would say virulent) style of writing.

"NATURE and Nature's Laws lay hid in Night: God said, "Let Newton be!" and all was light.

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