parts. for he was too buſy in the ſolid track of learning, & the ſublime purſuits of mathematical philoſophy, to allow of time enough, to be maſter of words only; or the trifling nicetys of logical & ſchool ſubtletys, wh then was the chief teſt of proficiency in Academic learning, & qualification for a degree.
the famous Dr. Barrow, afterward maſter of Trinity college was Sr. Iſaac's tutor. if he did not take a byaſs in favor of mathematical ſtudys from him, at leaſt he confirm'd it thereby.
now we are to conſider this divine genius like a ſpring let looſe, fully at liberty to follow the bent, & the pursuit of his own inclination. under no restraint,
his time wholly his own, had all aſsistances, & incoragement
& indeed he made ſuch advances, that he soon outſtrip'd his tutor, tho' ſo conſiderable a man. for Sr. Iſaac learn'd mathematics, as by intuition; rather it was connate to his underſtanding. little need had he of definitions, ſteps, & firſt principles, & rudiments of ſcience. ſuch were natural, eaſy & familiar to his vaſt mind, pregnant with the moſt difficult, & important theorems: wanted only a little time to maturate, & deliver them.
his tutor ſaw all this, very plainly, conceiv'd the
