Charles Babbage

A tool is usually more simple than a machine it is generally used with the…

Perhaps it would be better for science, that all criticism should be avowed…

I am inclined to attach some importance to the new system of manufacturing and venture…

That science has long been neglected and declining in England, is not an opinion originating…

At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool…

There is, however, another purpose to which academies contribute. When they consist of a limited…

The public character of every public servant is legitimate subject of discussion, and his fitness…

That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the…

It will be readily admitted, that a degree conferred by an university, ought to be…

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

To those who have chosen the profession of medicine, a knowledge of chemistry, and of…

A powerful attraction exists, therefore, to the promotion of a study and of duties of…

The accumulation of skill and science which has been directed to diminish the difficulty of…

It is therefore not unreasonable to suppose that some portion of the neglect of science…

Surely, if knowledge is valuable, it can never be good policy in a country far…