My own personal belief of the story is that it was a romanticised fabrication of true events recalled by Sir Isaac to enhance his God-like self image; that the idea of "universal gravitation" came to him in a moment of inspiration. And it worked! I'm sure the majority of people believe Newton "discovered" gravity when struck by an apple, as opposed to the creation of the theory being a 20-year long process.
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