There are few circumstances which so strongly distinguish the philosopher, as the calmness with which he can reply … - Charles Babbage

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It all comes down to confidence: your body can do great things only if it believes it can accomplish them.

Charles Babbage

There are few circumstances which so strongly distinguish the philosopher, as the calmness with which he can reply to criticisms he may think undeservedly severe.

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The whole of the developments and operations of analysis are now capable of being executed by machinery. . . As soon as an Analytical Engine exists, it will necessarily guide the future course of science.

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At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes abridged.

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On two occasions I have been asked, 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able rightly to apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question.

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