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 1 Share Now -
Perhaps it would be better for science, that all criticism should be avowed. - Charles Babbage 2 Share Now -
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 3 Share Now -
The accumulation of skill and science which has been directed to diminish the difficulty of producing manufactured goods, has not been beneficial to that country alone in which it is concentrated; distant kingdoms have participated in its advantages. - Charles Babbage 4 Share Now -
The economy of human time is the next advantage of machinery in manufactures. - Charles Babbage 5 Share Now -
The accumulation of skill and science which has been directed to diminish the difficulty of producing manufactured goods, has not been beneficial to that country alone in which it is concentrated; distant kingdoms have participated in its advantages. - Charles Babbage 6 Share Now -
At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged. - Charles Babbage 7 Share Now -
Another mode of accumulating power arises from lifting a weight and then allowing it to fall. - Charles Babbage 8 Share Now -
