Toasting the Memory of Sir Isaac Newton

James Farmelant proposes a toast to Isaac Newton (1642–1727): "Today, as the world pauses on the birthday of one of history's greatest men, whose teachings continue to benefit the entire human race, let us join in toasting the memory of Sir Isaac Newton, and of all the giants on whose shoulders he stood" ("Have a Happy and Merry December 25," LBO-talk, December 25, 2004).

Newton interleaved his personal copy of the first edition of the Principia (London, 1687), so that he could note corrections and additions on blank sheets facing the original pages. -- Cambridge University Library, Portsmouth Collection, Adv.b.39.1