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> [“He learns that the form, in its current form, was originally called a formulary, and was invented by an Englishman named Charles Babbage, the same man who invented both an early kind of computer and the cow catcher, a device…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-dau/he-learns-that-the-form-in-its-current-form-was-originally-called-a/)

[Stephen Dau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-dau/)

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## More by Stephen Dau

> [“I don't really remember making a decision. I don't remember thinking to myself, "Yes, I will do this," or, "No, I will not do…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-dau/i-don-t-really-remember-making-a-decision-i-don-t-remember-thinking/)

[Stephen Dau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-dau/)

> [“The recruiters came and talked with us in school, and I remember it like yesterday. I wasn't interested. I told them I wanted to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-dau/the-recruiters-came-and-talked-with-us-in-school-and-i-remember-it/)

[Stephen Dau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-dau/)

> [“But he fails to realize that, by declining the opportunity to define himself, he allows others, less interested, more callous, meaner others, to create…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-dau/but-he-fails-to-realize-that-by-declining-the-opportunity-to-define/)

[Stephen Dau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-dau/)

> [“He learns that the form, in its current form, was originally called a formulary, and was invented by an Englishman named Charles Babbage, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-dau/he-learns-that-the-form-in-its-current-form-was-originally-called-a/)

[Stephen Dau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-dau/)

> [“...to say it out loud is to give shape to something he had wanted to remain formless.”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/stephen-dau/to-say-it-out-loud-is-to-give-shape-to-something-he-had-wanted-to/)

[Stephen Dau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/stephen-dau/)

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