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Another mode of accumulating power arises from lifting a weight and then allowing it to fall.
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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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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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You will be able to appreciate the influence of such an Engine on the future progress of science. I live in a…
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The natural formation of the country is the soldier's best ally; but a power of estimating the adversary, of controlling the forces…
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I am sure that in estimating every man's value either in private or public life, a pure integrity is the quality we…
— Thomas Jefferson
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When I was a graduate student, estimating and interpreting distributed lags topped the agenda of macroeconomists and other applied economists.
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Pressure, no doubt, has always been a most important factor in the metamorphism of rocks; but there is, I think, at present…
— Thomas George Bonney
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If you think education is expensive, try estimating the cost of ignorance.
— Howard Gardner
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Estimating is what you do when you don't know.
— Sherman Kent
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If . . . a principle of true Religion [i.e., true Christianity] should . . . gain ground, there is no estimating…
— William Wilberforce
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