Voltaire once marvelled at how the British had laid Sir Isaac Newton, a mere scientist, to rest alongside the tombs of the monarchs and great nobles in Westminster Abbey.
至於功能之議，想當年牛頓身後堂堂進入西敏寺，與歷代帝后平起平躺，曾教鄰邦伏爾泰大加稱羨。