During the whole time of his abode in the university he generally spent thirteen hours of the day in study; by which assiduity besides an exact dispatch of the whole course of philosophy, he read over in a manner all classic authors that are extant[…]

[Isaac Newton] was obsessed with alchemy. He spent hours copying alchemical recipes and trying to replicate them in his laboratory. He believed that the Bible contained numerological codes. The truth is that Newton was very much a product of his time.

From childhood's hour I have not been / As others were; I have not seen / As others saw; I could not bring / My passions from a common spring.

By 1300 hours the position was fairly clear.

This place is an hour away from where I live.

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the darkest hour is always just before the dawn

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