Author

Sir Isaac Newton(1643–1727)

Sir Isaac Newton is documented in Fuller’s books and published essays (1845). No work is named in the surviving passages, most often in New-York Daily Tribune, and the most intensive engagement recorded is “quoted”.

Engagement: QuotedReadMentioned
Present in: Books · Essays
Documented: 1845

Totals count documented engagements, once at the earliest witness. How we count →

Reprints, Memoirs passages, and repeat notes within a single manuscript are shown but never counted twice. Evidence for this author is selective, not exhaustive. Methodology →

In Fuller’s words

“As a correspondent example of the manner in which true greatness apologises for its errors, we must quote a letter lately made public from Sir Isaac Newton to Mr. Locke”

Review. · 1845

When Fuller engaged with Sir Isaac Newton

I. Childhood

II. Adolescence

III. Self-Directed

IV. Transcendentalist

V. New York4records

VI. Europe

✦. Memoirs (1852)

1810

1820

1832

1836

1844

1846

1850

This page brings together documented engagements currently identified within the Fuller Reading Worlds catalog.

Documentary evidence

Selected passages from Fuller’s own writings, in chronological order.

1845—

New-York Daily Tribune

“The New Science (Mesmerism)” · 1845

mentioned

“We see no man of Shakspearian, Newtonian incapability of deceiving himself or others.”

Fuller, Margaret. Life Without and Life Within; or, Reviews, Narratives, Essays, and Poems. Edited by Arthur B. Fuller. Boston: Brown, Taggard and Chase, 1860. · p171

Inferred Newton is explicitly named as a parallel standard to Shakespeare for intellectual rigor and honesty. No specific work is mentioned, but the implied referent is Newton's scientific corpus. The reference suggests Newton is invoked as a cultural-intellectual standard rather than as evidence of Fuller's direct engagement with his writings in this essay.

1845—

Etherology; Or The Philosophy . . .

“Etherology; Or The Philosophy . . .”

mentioned

“We see no man of Shakspearean, Newtonian incapability of deceiving himself or others.”

Fuller, Margaret. "Etherology; Or The Philosophy . . ." New-York Daily Tribune, 17 February 1845. · 17 February 1845

1845—

Gathered Leaves: or, Miscellaneous Papers . . .

“Gathered Leaves: or, Miscellaneous Papers . . .”

mentioned

“The story of a deathless Sage On thy fair, verdant surface shines. While I peruse thee as a tome, To fancy’s eye dear visions rise;”

Fuller, Margaret. "Gathered Leaves: or, Miscellaneous Papers . . ." New-York Daily Tribune, 24 December 1845. · 24 December 1845

1845—

Review.

“Review.”

quoted · read

“As a correspondent example of the manner in which true greatness apologises for its errors, we must quote a letter lately made public from Sir Isaac Newton to Mr. Locke”

Fuller, Margaret. "Review." New-York Daily Tribune, 7 February 1845. · 7 February 1845