SIR ISAAC NEWTON. 47 



others are loaded with money newly coined. The 

 monument bears this inscription. 



HERE LIES 



SIE ISAAC NEWTON, KNIGHT, 

 Who by a vigor of mind, almost supernatural, 



First demonstrated 



The motions and figures of the Planets, 

 The Paths of the Comets, and the 



Tides of the Ocean. 

 He diligently investigated 



The different refrangibilities of the Rays of Light, 

 And the properties of the Colors to which 



they give rise. 



An Assiduous, Sagacious, and Faithful Interpreter 



of Nature, Antiquity, and the Holy Scriptures, 



He asserted in his Philosophy the Majesty of 



God, and exhibited in his Conduct the 



simplicity of the Gospel. 



Let Mortals rejoice that there has existed 



such and so great 



AN OKNAMENT OF THE HUMAN RACE. 



Born 25 Dec., 1642; Died 20 March, 1727. 



A beautiful full-length, white marble statue of 

 Sir Isaac was erected in the ante-chapel of Trinity 

 College, where he had done his wonderful work, 

 when scarcely more than a boy. 



While he gave generously during his life, he said, 

 "they who give nothing till they die, never give 

 at all," he left a personal estate of one hundred 



