Bears Quote by Charles Babbage

It is therefore not unreasonable to suppose that some portion of the neglect of science in England, may be attributed to the system of…

— Charles Babbage

But the idea of science and systematic knowledge is wanting to our whole instruction alike, and not only to that of our business class…

— Matthew Arnold

In England, more than in any other country, science is felt rather than thought. ... A defect of the English is their almost complete…

— John Desmond Bernal

“And why does England thus persecute the votaries of her science? Why does she depress them to the level of her hewers of wood…

— David Brewster

That science has long been neglected and declining in England, is not an opinion originating with me, but is shared by many, and has…

— Charles Babbage

I’ve noticed a fascinating phenomenon in my twenty-five years of teaching - that schools and schooling are increasingly irrelevant to the great enterprises of…

— John Taylor Gatto

It is, however, a most astonishing but incontestable fact, that the history of the evolution of man as yet constitutes no part of general…

— Ernst Haeckel

And why does England thus persecute the votaries of her science? Why does she depress them to the level of her hewers of wood…

— David Brewster

“Back then, things were plainer: less money, no electronic devices, little fashion tyranny, no girlfriends. There was nothing to distract us from our human…

— Julian Barnes

We are more dependent on science and engineering than at any other time in history. However, there is plenty of evidence that far too…

— Robert Winston

What struck me most in England was the perception that only those works which have a practical tendency awake attention and command respect, while…

— Justus von Liebig

“I do not approve of anything that tampers with natural ignorance. Ignorance is like a delicate exotic fruit; touch it and the bloom is…

— Oscar Wilde