Isaac Newton
Mathematician, Physicist, Astronomer
"When the adversaries of Erasmus had got the Trinity into his edition, they threw by their manuscript as an old almanac out of date."
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Erasmus
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E. M. Forster
Novelist, Essayist
"My law-givers are Erasmus and Montaigne, not Moses and St Paul."
Martin Luther
Theologian
"from you, my dear Erasmus, let me obtain this request, that just as I bear with your ignorance in these matters, so you in turn will bear with my lack of eloquence."
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