This document, found in 1936 and now known as the Fitzwilliam Notebook, contains a list of 57 of his transgressions.
He made pie on Sunday night. He picked on his sister. He fought with his parents. He questioned his commitment to God, thought about death and he ate an apple in church.
Why did Newton write all of this down?
Maybe he was just trying to relieve his guilt and lighten his internal burden.
Isaac Newton’s laundry list of sin.

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