Notes on Newton's suitability for canonisation if not deification John Conduitt c. 202 words Newton Project London 2006 Newton Project, Imperial College

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 c. 1727-8, c. 207 words, 2 pp. 2 pp. Eye-witness account of Newton's death [Keynes Ms. 130.15]Keynes Ms. 130Notes on Newton's dispute with Robert Hooke [Keynes Ms. 130.13] Keynes Ms. 130.14, King's College, Cambridge, UK UKCambridgeKing's College Keynes Mss Keynes Ms. 130.14 SL212

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Had this great & good man lived in an age when inven those superiour Genij inventors were Deified or in a country where mortals are canonized he would have had a better claim to those honours than those they have hitherto been ascribed to, his virtues proved him a Saint & his discoveries might well pass for miracles —

1 When wee consider his talents his virtues Even wee that knew him can hardly think of him without a sort of superstition wchwhich even demands all our reason to check – nor forbear saying with the Marquis de l'Hospital was Newton a man? Thus far surely wee may say that had he lived in an age &c —

It is a policy in the Roman Church to canonize none till they have been dead 100 years that there may be no living witnesses of their imperfections – it is a happy circumstance that whilst I am writing this many are alive who knew him & can bear witness of SrSir Isaac's extraordinary virtues – Burnett said he had the whitest soalsoul he ever knew for posterity will hardly believe so many virtues & no vices could exist in any man — mortal