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Taking mathematicians from the beginning of the world to the time…

Quote byGottfried Wilhelm Leibniz · 1646–1716

Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Anecdote (1701) from John Conduitt's manuscript, as quoted by Sir David Brewster, Memoirs of the Life, Writings, and Discoveries of Sir Isaac Newton (1855) Vol.2.

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taking mathematicians from the beginning of the world to the time when Sir Isaac lived, what he had done was much the better half

— Gottfried Wilhelm Leibniz

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