I keep the subject constantly before me, and wait 'till the first dawnings open slowly, by little and little, into a full and clear light.
In plain words
He held a problem in his head until the answer slowly grew light.
Where these words come from
- 85% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
- Newton's own description of his discovery method, recorded in Biographia Britannica (1760); Wikiquote-sourced with named source.
- Biographia Britannica
- 1760 · Newton's own account of how he made discoveries
