 | Samuel Longfellow - 1894 - 430 pages
...; I will indulge my sacred enthusiasm, I will triumph over mankind and build a tabernacle to God ! The die is cast ; the book is written ; to be read...posterity, I care not which. It may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an interpreter." And not into the lives of great... | |
 | Sir Richard Gregory - Discoveries in science - 1916 - 378 pages
...length I have brought to light, and recognised its truth beyond my most sanguine expectations . . . the die is cast, the book is written, to be read either...posterity, I care not which ; it may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer. Kepler. The meaning of Kepler's... | |
 | Walter William Bryant - 1920 - 74 pages
...golden vases of the Egyptians to build up a tabernacle for my God far away from the confines of Egypt. If you forgive me, I rejoice, if you are angry, I...posterity, I care not which ; it may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer." He gives the date I5th May, 1618,... | |
 | University of Iowa - Philology - 1921 - 876 pages
...to the Harmonics of Ptolemy to build up a tabernacle for my God far away from the confines of Egypt. If you forgive me, I rejoice; if you are angry I can...posterity, I care not which ; it may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer."15 "I care not whether my work... | |
 | John Burroughs - Authors, American - 1922 - 324 pages
...ten million years, I can cheerfully take it now, or with equal cheerfulness I can wait." Kepler said: "The die is cast; the book is written, to be read...posterity. I care not which. It may well wait a century for a reader, since God has waited six thousand years for an observer like myself." 254 Judging from... | |
 | Oxford Historical Society - Oxford (England) - 1923 - 588 pages
...was the confidence of Kepler in the eternal truth and greatness of his discoveries that he wrote, ' the book is written to be read either now or by posterity...— I care not which : it may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited 6000 years for an observer '. It was the knell of the old astronomy.... | |
 | Robert Theodore Gunther - Astrolabes - 1923 - 594 pages
...was the confidence of Kepler in the eternal truth and greatness of his discoveries that he wrote, ' the book is written to be read either now or by posterity...— I care not which : it may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited 6000 years for an observer '. It was the knell of the old astronomy.... | |
 | Child development - 1916 - 616 pages
...last he made his discovery, and this is the way he writes of it : " Nothing holds me. I will indulge my sacred fury. If you forgive me I rejoice; if you...posterity, I care not which. It may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer." VII. Is not a vast and new responsibility... | |
 | Ivor Blashka Hart - Astronomy - 1924 - 330 pages
...golden vases of the Egyptians to build up a tabernacle for my God, far away from the confines of Egypt. If you forgive me, I rejoice ; if you are angry, I...posterity, I care not which ; it may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited 6,000 years for an observer. . . . it has dissipated the darkness of... | |
 | Charles Robert Gibson - Scientists - 1926 - 392 pages
...Possibly because King James had shown interest in the work of Tycho Brahe. Of this book Kepler wrote : " The die is cast ; the book is written, to be read...posterity, I care not which. It may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer." However, not long after the publication... | |
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If you forgive me, I rejoice; if you are angry, I can bear it: the die is cast, the book is written ; to be read either now or by posterity, I care not which : it may well wait a century for a reader, as God has waited six thousand years for an observer. 
