With the reticence he was to show later in life, Newton did not, however, publish his results. Newton suffered a mental breakdown in 1675 and was still recovering through 1679. In response to a letter from Hooke, he suggested that a particle, if released, would spiral in to the center of the Earth.
A soapbox is a raised platform on which one stands to make an impromptu speech, often about a political subject. The term originates from the days when speakers would elevate themselves by standing on a wooden crate originally used for shipment of soap or other dry goods from a manufacturer to a retail store.
In various incarnations since its inception in 1965 until its demise in 2001, it included items such as previews of upcoming Marvel publications (the Mighty Marvel Checklist), news about and profiles of Marvel staff members, occasional references to real-world trends and events, and perhaps most famously, Stan's Soapbox (alternately known as Stan Lee's Soapbox), a monthly column written by Stan Lee. With Bullpen Bulletins, Lee created the friendly, chatty editorial voice of Marvel ...