Newton's universe should be an island

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An example of an analogy in a scientist's writing:

[According to Newton's model] "The stellar universe ought to be a finite island in the infinite ocean of space."

Albert Einstein

Einstein, A. (2004). Relativity. The special and the general theory. (R. W. Lawson, Trans.). The Folio Society. (1916)

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