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“Oh, Diamond! Diamond! thou little knowest what mischief thou hast done!”

— Isaac Newton

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Wikiquote: Isaac Newton
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Context

This is from an anecdote found in St. Nicholas magazine, Vol. 5, No. 4, (February 1878) :

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Newton, Isaac. (n.d.). Wikiquote: Isaac Newton. Wikiquote. https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Isaac_Newton

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