Re: Pissed at Crist (674 Views)
Posted by:
Mall (IP Logged)
Date: November 17, 2005 11:55AM
If he had taken an interest in racing, Newton would have been a unique, or very close to unique, participant, based on his response to praise that he had revolutionized peoples' understanding of how the world worked, which was, in words or substance, assuming I'm remembering correctly: "If I have seen far, it is because I have stood on the shoulders of great men." It is very rare indeed for anyone in racing in any capacity to give anyone else very much in the way of genuine credit for the contributions which made what they are doing possible. The interesting question, of course, is why.