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Which Quotes by Charles Babbage
- A powerful attraction exists, therefore, to the promotion of a study and of duties of all others engrossing the time most completely, and which is…
- The half minute which we daily devote to the winding-up of our watches is an exertion of labour almost insensible; yet, by the aid of…
- The possessors of wealth can scarcely be indifferent to processes which, nearly or remotely have been the fertile source of their possessions.
- Some kinds of nails, such as those used for defending the soles of coarse shoes, called hobnails, require a particular form of the head, which…
- The fatigue produced on the muscles of the human frame does not altogether depend on the actual force employed in each effort, but partly on…
- 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…
- 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…
- 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…
- The accumulation of skill and science which has been directed to diminish the difficulty of producing manufactured goods, has not been beneficial to that country…
- There are few circumstances which so strongly distinguish the philosopher, as the calmness with which he can reply to criticisms he may think undeservedly severe.
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