Quote#Education
I had the opportunity of being acquainted with divers worthy Persons,…
Quote byJohn Wallis · 1616–1703
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Dr. Wallis's Account of some Passages of his own Life (1696).
English (original)
I had the opportunity of being acquainted with divers worthy Persons, inquisitive into Natural Philosophy, and other parts of Humane Learning; And particularly of what hath been called the New Philosophy or Experimental Philosophy. We did by agreement, divers of us, meet weekly in London on a certain day, to treat and discourse of such affairs
— John Wallis
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