Quote by Charles Babbage
I am inclined to attach some importance to the new system of manuf

I am inclined to attach some importance to the new system of manufacturing and venture to throw it out with the hope of its receiving a full discussion among those who are most interestedin the subject. – Charles Babbage

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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. Daltons, to be employed in the drudgery of elementary instruction. – Charles Babbage

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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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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. – Charles Babbage

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In both children and adults, there can be a hard-to-deny link between a robust sense of hope and either work productivity or academic achievement. – Jeffrey Kluger

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No matter how dark things may get in a story, I feel its the responsibility of the storyteller to leave the audience with at least a shred of hope. – Josh Radnor

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Uncertainty is the refuge of hope. – Henri Frederic Amiel

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I too hope in this short reign to be a man of peace. – Pope Benedict XVI

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Worry trades the joy of now for the unlikely catastrophes of later. – Tim Fargo

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Who among us has the strength to oppose petty egoism, those petty good feelings, pity and remorse? – Ivan Turgenev

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Washingtons answer to a self-inflicted financial crisis reminded Americans why they so deeply distrust the political class. The fiscal cliff process was secretive and sloppy, and the nations so-called leadership lacked the political courage to address our root problems: joblessness and debt. – Ron Fournier

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Three rings of marriage are the engagement ring, the wedding ring, and the suffering. – Author Unknown

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