the English Nation.
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Not long since, the trite and frivolous Question following was debated in a very polite and learned Company, viz. who was the greatest Man, Cæsar, Alexander, Tamerlane, Cromwell, &c.
Some Body answer'd, that Sir Isaac Newton excell'd them all. The Gentleman's Assertion was very just; for if true Greatness consists in having receiv'd from Heaven a mighty Genius, and in having employ'd it to enlighten our own Minds and that of others; a Man like Sir Isaac Newton, whose equal is
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