Although d'Alembert had been proud to have considered Laplace as his protégé, he certainly began to feel that Laplace was rapidly making much of his own life's work obsolete and this did nothing to improve relations.
Kahit d'Alembert had been proud na magkaroon ng Laplace itinuturing bilang kanyang tangkilik, siya tiyak nagsimula sa pakiramdam na Laplace ay mabilis na paggawa ng marami ng kanyang sariling buhay ng trabaho at lipas na ito ay wala na mapabuti ang relasyon.