Telegraphs are machines for conveying information over extensive lines with great rapidity.
Charles BabbageA young man passes from our public schools to the universities, ignorant almost of the elements of every branch of useful knowledge.
Charles BabbageIf we look at the fact, we shall find that the great inventions of the age are not, with us at least, always produced in universities.
Charles BabbageThere 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.
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