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.]