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At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of ev

At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged. – Charles Babbage

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A tool is usually more simple than a machine it is generally used with the hand, whilst a machine is frequently moved by animal or steam power. – Charles Babbage

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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 object of ambition to be admitted on their list. – Charles Babbage

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Is it right to probe so deeply into Natures secrets? The question must here be raised whether it will benefit mankind, or whether the knowledge will be harmful. – Pierre Curie

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Shakespeare also introduces the supernatural into some of his tragedies he introduces ghosts, and witches who have supernatural knowledge. – Andrew Coyle Bradley

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The true nature of soul is right knowledge, right faith and right conduct. The soul, so long as it is subject to transmigration, is undergoing evolution and involution. – Virchand Gandhi

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The knowledge of the theory of logic has no tendency whatever to make men good reasoners. – Thomas B. Macaulay

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