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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…
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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 half minute which we daily devote to the winding-up of our watches is an exertion of labour almost insensible; yet, by…
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The possessors of wealth can scarcely be indifferent to processes which, nearly or remotely have been the fertile source of their possessions.
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Surely, if knowledge is valuable, it can never be good policy in a country far wealthier than Tuscany, to allow a genius…
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The proportion between the velocity with which men or animals move, and the weights they carry, is a matter of considerable importance,…
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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…
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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,…
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There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited number of persons, eminent for their knowledge,…
— Charles Babbage
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Everybody knows that abstract art can be art, and most people know that they may not like it, even if they understand…
— Roy Lichtenstein
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God sends children for another purpose than merely to keep up the race -- to enlarge our hearts, to make us unselfish,…
— Mary Howitt
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My dear Excellency! I have not gone to war to collect cheese and eggs, but for another purpose.
— Manfred von Richthofen
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As has been stated, the purpose of money is to split barter into two parts so that the seller is free to…
— E.C. Riegel
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God sends children for another purpose than merely to keep up the race - to enlarge our hearts; and to make us…
— Mary Howitt
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So far as hypotheses are concerned, let no one expect anything certain from astronomy, which cannot furnish it, lest he accept as…
— Nicolaus Copernicus
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I think we're much smarter than we were. Everybody knows that abstract art can be art, and most people know that they…
— Roy Lichtenstein
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