These are gold! Obligatory Isaac Newton search reveals his biting answer to "some considerations upon his doctrine of light and colors": http://rstl.royalsocie

These are gold! Obligatory Isaac Newton search reveals his biting answer to "some considerations upon his doctrine of light and colors": http://rstl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/7/81-91/5084.full.pdf+html?sid=0bd4bec0-7c12-4aa2-aa18-88ee41085e43 http://rstl.royalsocietypublishing.org/content/7/81-91/5084.... (note spelling of "color"). The initial phrase sets the tone: "Sir, I have already told you ..." Too bad scientific papers have lost this rhetorical flavor.