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Men Quotes by Charles Babbage
- The proportion between the velocity with which men or animals move, and the weights they carry, is a matter of considerable importance, particularly in military…
- 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…
- A young man passes from our public schools to the universities, ignorant almost of the elements of every branch of useful knowledge.
- He will also find that the high and independent spirit, which usually dwells in the breast of those who are deeply versed in scientific pursuits,…
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