added the following line to the second
edition of his monumental Philosophic; Naturalis PrincipiaMathematica:
"This most elegant system of the sun, planets, and comets could not have
arisen without ... helped. Newton's ability to leave God entirely out of
the first edition of PrincipiaMathematica greatly helped.
A distinguished nineteenth-century atheist, Charles Bradlaugh, deserves the
honor of making