All Charles Babbage Quotes
- 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… Admitted
- 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… Adopted
- There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons, eminent for their knowledge, it becomes an… Academies
- 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… Affords
- 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… Able
- I have no desire to write my own biography, as long as I have strength and means to do better work. Ambition
- Science in England is not a profession: its cultivators are scarcely recognised even as a class. Our language itself contains no single term by which… Accord
- Forging differs from hoaxing, inasmuch as in the later the deceit is intended to last for a time, and then be discovered, to the ridicule… Acquire
- Of Cooking. This is an art of various forms, the object of which is to give ordinary observations the appearance and character of those of… Accuracy
- Remember that accumulated knowledge, like accumulated capital, increases at compound interest: but it differs from the accumulation of capital in this; that the increase of… Accelerates
- That science has long been neglected and declining in England, is not an opinion originating with me, but is shared by many, and has been… Authority
- The whole of the developments and operations of analysis are now capable of being executed by machinery ... As soon as an Analytical Engine exists,… Analysis
- It can happen to but few philosophers, and but at distant intervals, to snatch a science, like Dalton, from the chaos of indefinite combination, and… Amongst
- The first steps in the path of discovery, and the first approximate measures, are those which add most to the existing knowledge of mankind. Add
- Unless there exist peculiar institutions for the support of such inquirers, or unless the Government directly interfere, the contriver of a thaumatrope may derive profit… Depend
- 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… Accuracy
- I wish to God these calculations had been executed by steam, Been
- 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… Amongst
- 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… Assist
- In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to talent, from the circumstance, that in it… Ability