Vous avez trouve aprhs de longs essais Ce que Newton trouva sans sortir de chez lui. Michel Ted Ashton wrote in message <[log in to unmask]>... >Greetings, > With some help from babelfish, I've hazarded a guess at the English for >the quote below. Could someone who actually knows the language give me some >guidance? > >TIA, >Ted >-- >Ted Ashton ([log in to unmask]), Info Serv, Southern Adventist University > ========================================================== >Vous avez trouve par de long ennuis >Ce que Newton trouva sans sortir de chez lui. >(You have found through long trials what Newton found without leaving home). > -- Voltaire (1694-1778) >[Written to La Condamine after his measurement of the equator.]