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Unquestionably one of the greatest intellectuals of all human history, re- elected for twenty-five successive years president of the prestigious Royal Society, this towering genius is also one of the most misunderstood.
In the British Library catalogue there are author entries under Newton, Sir Isaac. There was hardly an aspect of science or human endeavour which his genius did not touch. He was at once mathematician, physicist, astronomer, historian, sociologist, geographer, economist and administrator. A modern scientist, Andrade, believes Newton carried out dangerous experiments which brought him very close to discovering the 'secret' of atomic power. He "left results so far advanced that to this day we cannot imagine how they were obtained -- far beyond what he published, or any one of his time''.4
His modern biographers make much of his alleged irascibility -- due mainly to his gout -- and little of his faith and of his deep personal humility. He was a secret admirer of the Brethren, their writings and possibly their meetings, a friend of John Locke and acquainted with several preachers among the Brethren such as Fontein. Voltaire mentions this sympathy in his Lettres Anglaises
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Last summer, I paid a short visit to London. In my backpack: a few biographies of – and a lot of music by – George Frideric Handel. My mission? To re-acquaint myself with Britain’s greatest composer. And to write a few articles about it, of course. Second stop: Buckingham Palace.
As I walked from Handel’s house to his grave in Westminster Abbey, I more or less passed Buckingham Palace. So, although I hadn’t planned to, I decided to take a closer look.
In Handel’s time, it was a lot smaller and nothing more than the townhouse of the Duke of Buckingham. Today, it’s the London residence of the British monarch and a honeypot for swarms of tourists from all over the world.
It’s fascinating to see how the monarchy has become Britain’s most successful export product. Not bad for what is essentially a German import. After all, it’s been only a hundred years since the family changed its name from ‘Saxe-Coburg und Gotha’ to ‘Windsor’.
You know who else is a piece of German import? Britain’s greatest composer, George Frideric Handel – who changed his name from Georg Friedrich Händel the moment he set foot on English soil.
Coincidence? Not at all.
&#;If Bach wrote music to please God, Handel was born to sing the praise of royalty.&#;
Long live the king
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Handelian Anecdotes
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