I wish to God these calculations had been executed by steam.
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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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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It will be readily admitted, that a degree conferred by an university, ought to be a pledge to the public that he who holds it possesses a certain quantity of knowledge.
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Whenever a man can get hold of numbers, they are invaluable: if correct, they assist in informing his own mind, but they are still more useful in deluding the minds of others. Numbers are the masters of the weak, but the slaves of the strong.
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The first steps in the path of discovery, and the first approximate measures, are those which add most to the existing knowledge of mankind.
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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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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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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 difference between a tool and a machine is not capable of very precise distinction; nor is it necessary, in a popular explanation of those terms, to limit very strictly their acceptation.
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Perhaps it would be better for science, that all criticism should be avowed.
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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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Telegraphs are machines for conveying information over extensive lines with great rapidity.
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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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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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In mathematics we have long since drawn the rein, and given over a hopeless race.
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To those who have chosen the profession of medicine, a knowledge of chemistry, and of some branches of natural history, and, indeed, of several other departments of science, affords useful assistance.
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