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Anonymous Posted 6 years ago
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Making direct reference back

Can you please explain "making direct reference back"?

And so (Napoleon) he summoned up this five volume tome and said to Laplace "This is a brilliant piece of work (his book) but you make no mention of the architect of the system" making direct reference back to Isaac Newton and Laplac's reply was "Sir I had no need for that hypothesis.

  

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This writer is not setting a good example for a learner. "Back" is not needed there, and it sounds like it. Napoleon was refering to Newton when he mention the architect of the system, which is what Newton called ***, I guess.

  • This writer is not setting a good example for a learner.
  • "Back" is not needed there, and it sounds like it.
  • Napoleon was refering to Newton when he mention the architect of the system, which is what Newton called ***, I guess.
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This writer is not setting a good example for a learner. "Back" is not needed there, and it sounds like it. Napoleon was refering to Newton when he mention the architect of the system, which is what Newton called ***, I guess.

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