The tastes and pursuits of manhood will bear on them the traces of the earlier impressions of our education. It is therefore not unreasonable to suppose that some portion of the neglect of science in England, may be attributed to the system of education we pursue.
CHARLES BABBAGEThe economy of human time is the next advantage of machinery in manufactures.
More Charles Babbage Quotes
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What is there in a name? It is merely an empty basket, until you put something into it.
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As soon as an Analytical Engine exists, it will neccessarily guide the future course of science.
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No person will deny that the highest degree of attainable accuracy is an object to be desired, and it is generally found that the last advances towards precision require a greater devotion of time, labour, and expense, than those which precede them.
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For one person who is blessed with the power of invention, many will always be found who have the capacity of applying principles.
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That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the general system of instruction adopted in it, is a principle too obvious to require investigation.
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At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged.
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In turning from the smaller instruments in frequent use to the larger and more important machines, the economy arising from the increase of velocity becomes more striking.
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In mathematics we have long since drawn the rein, and given over a hopeless race.
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Miracles may be, for anything we know to the contrary, phenomena of a higher order of God’s laws, superior to, and, under certain conditions, controlling the inferior order known to us as the ordinary laws of nature.
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The economy of human time is the next advantage of machinery in manufactures.
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Some kinds of nails, such as those used for defending the soles of coarse shoes, called hobnails, require a particular form of the head, which is made by the stroke of a die.
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Scientific knowledge scarcely exists amongst the higher classes of society. The discussion in the Houses of Lords or of Commons, which arise on the occurrence of any subjects connected with science, sufficiently prove this fact.
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Another mode of accumulating power arises from lifting a weight and then allowing it to fall.
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The accumulation of skill and science which has been directed to diminish the difficulty of producing manufactured goods, has not been beneficial to that country alone in which it is concentrated distant kingdoms have participated in its advantages.
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An object is frequently not seen, from not knowing how to see it, rather than from any defect of the organ of vision.
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