Quote by Charles Babbage
It will be readily admitted, that a degree conferred by an univers

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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Another mode of accumulating power arises from lifting a weight and then allowing it to fall. – Charles Babbage

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That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the general system of instruction adopted in it, is a principle too obvious to require investigation. – 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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Knowledge is like money: the more he gets, the more he craves. – Josh Billings

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We have today a fairly thorough knowledge of the early Greco-Roman period because our motivations are the same. – Arthur Erickson

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