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Quote by Charles Babbage
A tool is usually more simple than a machine it is generally used

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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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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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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The bitterest creature under heaven is the wife who discovers that her husbands bravery is only bravado, that his strength is only a uniform, that his power is but a gun in the hands of a fool. – Pearl S. Buck

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