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

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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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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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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Knowledge is knowing that we cannot know. – Ralph Waldo Emerson

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Im not fascinated by one particular case, but by knowledge that I had no idea was out there. – Shannon Miller

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For Unlawful Carnal Knowledge took a year to record thats why the playing on it might sound somewhat labored. Balance, on the other hand, was written and recorded in only four months, so the whole process was quicker and more immediate. – Eddie Van Halen

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Principles are the important things; the more you have of them, the more knowledge you can carry. – Martin H. Fischer (1879–1962)

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