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 BABBAGEIf we look at the fact, we shall find that the great inventions of the age are not, with us at least, always produced in universities.
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There are few circumstances which so strongly distinguish the philosopher, as the calmness with which he can reply to criticisms he may think undeservedly severe.
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Another mode of accumulating power arises from lifting a weight and then allowing it to fall.
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In mathematics we have long since drawn the rein, and given over a hopeless race.
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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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Errors using inadequate data are much less than those using no data at all.
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I wish to God these calculations had been executed by steam.
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A powerful attraction exists, therefore, to the promotion of a study and of duties of all others engrossing the time most completely, and which is less benefited than most others by any acquaintance with science.
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The triumph of the industrial arts will advance the cause of civilization more rapidly than its warmest advocates could have hoped, and contribute to the permanent prosperity and strength of the country far more than the most splendid victories of successful war.
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The fatigue produced on the muscles of the human frame does not altogether depend on the actual force employed in each effort, but partly on the frequency with which it is exerted.
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As soon as an Analytical Engine exists, it will neccessarily guide the future course of science.
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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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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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You will be able to appreciate the influence of such an Engine on the future progress of science. I live in a country which is incapable of estimating it.
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Perhaps it would be better for science, that all criticism should be avowed.
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The economy of human time is the next advantage of machinery in manufactures.
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The quantity of meaning compressed into small space by algebraic signs, is another circumstance that facilitates the reasonings we are accustomed to carry on by their aid.
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If we look at the fact, we shall find that the great inventions of the age are not, with us at least, always produced in universities.
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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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The errors which arise from the absence of facts are far more numerous and more durable than those which result from unsound reasoning respecting true data.
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The Council of the Royal Society is a collection of men who elect each other to office and then dine together at the expense of this society to praise each other over wine and give each other medals.
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The public character of every public servant is legitimate subject of discussion, and his fitness or unfitness for office may be fairly canvassed by any person.
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The successful construction of all machinery depends on the perfection of the tools employed; and whoever is a master in the arts of tool-making possesses the key to the construction of all machines… The contrivance and construction of tools must therefore ever stand at the head of the industrial arts.
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Telegraphs are machines for conveying information over extensive lines with great rapidity.
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I am inclined to attach some importance to the new system of manufacturing; and venture to throw it out with the hope of its receiving a full discussion among those who are most interested in the subject.
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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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Those from whose pocket the salary is drawn, and by whose appointment the officer was made, have always a right to discuss the merits of their officers, and their modes of exercising the duties they are paid to perform.
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