Isaac Barrow, Duty of Thanksgiving, Works, Volume I, p. 66
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Smiling always with a never fading serenity of countenance, and flourishing in an immortal youth.
— Isaac Barrow on Youth
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Source: Wikiquote: "Youth" (Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations: Quotes reported in Hoyt's New Cyclopedia Of Practical Quotations (1922), p. 921-24.)
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About Isaac Barrow
Isaac Barrow (October 1630 – 4 May 1677) was an English Christian theologian, and mathematician who is generally given credit for his early role in the development of infinitesimal calculus; in particular, for the discovery of the fundamental theorem of calculus.
About Isaac Barrow
Isaac Barrow (October 1630 – 4 May 1677) was an English Christian theologian, and mathematician who is generally given credit for his early role in the development of infinitesimal calculus; in particular, for the discovery of the fundamental theorem of calculus.
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