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George Vogel Newton, Mass...
...example, man has a natural inclination to know the truth about God, and to live in society." Some mysteries of heaven remained in the province of faith, but reason could bear on others and was of prime use to illuminate the mysteries of the world. And in Sir Isaac Newton's subsequent work, the next step was obvious: the entire universe is susceptible to rational inquiry...
...expert classicist. The four often dined together at the Governor's Palace and enjoyed the musicales there, Jefferson himself participating on the violin. The three older men, drawn by the grace and intellect of the country youth, helped polish his manners while they discussed the theories of Isaac Newton or John Locke...
...person. See you and your parents over at Anthony's Pier Four tonight, and likewise for brunch next Sunday at the Prudential Building's Top of the Hub, where bloody Marys and eggs abound at a moderately high expense. For the same meal, local hacks say, the Newton Marriott has everyone beat, with its endless and relatively cheap supply of bagels...
What is compelling about the film and what makes it still of interest is the burning immediacy of the images: Newton skidding down a hill against a primordial New Mexico landscape; crossing the blasted wastes of a distant planet; Newton, finally without earthly disguise, standing as he really is before a terrified Mary-Lou or removing contact lenses from his yellow, glowing eyes. Roeg's skills always threaten to outbalance whatever he sets them to, and that has happened here. The movie, in all ways, is not good enough...