Errata

[WRQ9]

"physics, for the most part, is nothing else but the substitute of exercise or temperance." A Joseph Addison is apparently not an acceptable answer as it will not open the appropriate resultant page for scoring. The quote fits, is verified online, and has no (that I can find) alternative version. Sorry to seem such a snipe.

[opallady]

Try Physick.

[montyb]

Re: Erratum

I agree with opallady. That puzzle cost me a lot of time until I finally remembered the time period in which Addison lived. Then the word "physick" made more sense as the general term for what passed as a medicine or a remedy in that day. Addison and Newton were contemporaries, but it is not likely that the science that came to be known as physics was wide-spread common knowledge at that time; especially Addison's circle of poets, playwrights, and politicians.

[wvwoman]

i do believe this is the first reference to laxatives that i've seen on the site. (and if that's not what he was talking about, fine--at least i got a laugh out of it!)