Quote by Charles Babbage
The public character of every public servant is legitimate subject

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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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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Knowledge
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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. – Charles Babbage

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Science
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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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power
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You gotta have a body. – Jayne Mansfield

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In the British Special Air Service, combat fitness is all about running. – Bear Grylls

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Guided only by their feeling for symmetry, simplicity, and generality, and an indefinable sense of the fitness of things, creative mathematicians now, as in the past, are inspired by the art of mathematics rather than by any prospect of ultimate usefulness. – E. T. Bell

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fitness

I have always maintained a high level of fitness, and that is why I am still able to handle the demands of playing in the Premiership. People have always commented on my fitness, and its something I pride myself on. – Richard Gough

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fitness

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Superstition is the poetry of life. – Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

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I really have to dance more often, and so I travel around. If I dont, I will crumble. – Rudolf Nureyev

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One cannot weep for the entire world, it is beyond human strength. One must choose. – Jean Anouilh

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It is easy to dodge our responsibilities, but we cannot dodge the consequences of dodging our responsibilities. – Sir Josiah Stamp

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