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To those who have chosen the profession of medicine, a knowledge o

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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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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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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Natural selection, as it has operated in human history, favors not only the clever but the murderous. – Barbara Ehrenreich

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The historian amputates reality. – Gaetano Salvemini, Historian and Scientist

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Obama has seen to the passage of the most radical legislation in recent American history and so-called progressives should be thanking him for it – even as many of the rest of us rear in horror from its implications. – John Podhoretz

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The point in history at which we stand is full of promise and danger. The world will either move forward toward unity and widely shared prosperity – or it will move apart. – Franklin D. Roosevelt

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