Quote by Charles Babbage
A powerful attraction exists, therefore, to the promotion of a stu

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. – Charles Babbage

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The accumulation of skill and science which has been directed to diminish the difficulty of producing manufactured goods, has not been beneficial to that country alone in which it is concentrated distant kingdoms have participated in its advantages. – Charles Babbage

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To those who have chosen the profession of medicine, a knowledge of chemistry, and of some branches of natural history, and, indeed, of several other departments of science, affords useful assistance. – Charles Babbage

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The public character of every public servant is legitimate subject of discussion, and his fitness or unfitness for office may be fairly canvassed by any person. – Charles Babbage

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I see nothing in space as promising as the view from a Ferris wheel. – E. B. White

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Thats the whole problem with science. Youve got a bunch of empiricists trying to describe things of unimaginable wonder. – Bill Watterson

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Id love to do a movie where the monster is human, where the issue is not otherworldly, or horror or science fiction. – J. J. Abrams

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My taste in watching things runs from dramas and low-budget films to high-end fantasy/science fiction. – Michael Sheen

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