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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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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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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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On two occasions I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers…
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Errors using inadequate data are much less than those using no data at all.
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Great discoveries and improvements invariably involve the cooperation of many minds. I may be given credit for having blazed the trail, but…
— Alexander Graham Bell
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The whole of the developments and operations of analysis are now capable of being executed by machinery ... As soon as an…
— Charles Babbage
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The commander must be at constant pains to keep his troops abreast of all the latest tactical experience and developments, and must…
— Erwin Rommel
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In some ways, the challenges are even more daunting than they were at the peak of the cold war. Not only do…
— Kofi Annan
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In legal parlance, that is called 'the rational person test,' ... That's where somebody else says, 'Even though we have no idea…
— Richard John Neuhaus
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First of all, in terms of investment in Internet-related developments, venture capitalists - once burned - are now very cautious and are…
— Vinton Cerf
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This poem is one of a series, all of them elegiac in intention, and subject to the strange forces of mourning that…
— Lyn Hejinian
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It would be disastrous if bad planning policy meant that today's new developments become tomorrow's climate slums
— Tim Yeo
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