Charles Babbage

It will be readily admitted, that a degree conferred by an university, ought to be a pledge to the public that he who holds it possesses a certain quantity of knowledge.

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These are some quotes by English author Charles Babbage Mathematician, who lived between December 26, 1792 and October 18, 1871.

Quotes by Charles Babbage

Another mode of accumulating power arises from lifting a weight and then allowing it to fall.

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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 like Mr. Dalton's, to be employed in the drudgery of elementary instruction.

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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 less benefited than most others by any acquaintance with science.

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