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John Newton (/ ˈ nj uː t ən /; 4 August [O.S. 24 July] 1725 – 21 December 1807) was an English evangelical Anglican cleric and slavery abolitionist.He had previously been a captain of slave ships and an investor in the slave trade.
— John Newton, English Anglican cleric and abolitionist, author of "Amazing Grace" (21 December 1807); final recorded words "I am all yours." [18] [19] ("Je suis toute à vous.") — Adrienne de La Fayette (24 December 1807), French marchioness who married Marquis de Lafayette "I have peace of mind.
Latin Translation Notes nanos gigantum humeris insidentes: Dwarfs standing on the shoulders of giants: First recorded by John of Salisbury in the twelfth century and attributed to Bernard of Chartres. Also commonly known by the letters of Isaac Newton: "If I have seen further it is by standing on the shoulders of giants".
It is the Latin translation from John 1:36, when St. John the Baptist exclaimes "Ecce Agnus Dei!" ("Behold the Lamb of God!") upon seeing Jesus Christ. alea iacta est: the die has been cast: Said by Julius Caesar (Greek: ἀνερρίφθω κύβος, anerrhíphthō kýbos) upon crossing the Rubicon in 49 BC, according to Suetonius.
Chelsea Candelario/PureWow. 2. “I know my worth. I embrace my power. I say if I’m beautiful. I say if I’m strong. You will not determine my story.
The feature was introduced on March 8, 2018, for International Women's Day, when the Times published fifteen obituaries of such "overlooked" women, and has since become a weekly feature in the paper. The project was created by Amisha Padnani, the digital editor of the obituaries desk, [1] and Jessica Bennett, the paper's gender editor. In its ...
Larsen served on the Newton Board of Education for more than a decade beginning in 2011. She convinced her best friend and neighbor, Stella Dunn, to run as well, and Dunn is now in her 12th year ...
Helmut Newton, the German post-war fashion photographer who notoriously posed a model on a bed in a Paris hotel with a saddle on her back, is the focus of a new retrospective in the port city of A ...