The more conventional-minded you are, the more it must seem to you that it's always safe to express your opinions.
The key contrast to make is between Newton and Euler. Euler genuinely wanted to be understood. Newton was content to understand for himself.
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Newton really took notice of his contemporaries only when he believed them to be attempting to usurp credit for his own achievements.
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Or attempting to impede him in his pursuit of those achievements -- as happened with the unfortunate (and legitimately aggrieved) Flamsteed.
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