Category: he failed to reveal the extent to which Newton devoted himself to the alchemical quest (Christianson 1984
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220). It is believed that many historians and biographers of Newtons life have not revealed it. Even Brewster who was truthful enough to mention Newtons practice of alchemy
220) The early biographers of Newton of the Victorian age showed candor was the least prized of virtues (Christianson 1984