Quotes by Charles Babbage about Knowledge

Charles Babbage English mathematician

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

Quote by Charles Babbage about knowledge

Surely, if knowledge is valuable, it can never be good policy in a country far wealthier than Tuscany, to allow a genius like Mr. Dalton's, to be employed in the drudgery of elementary instruction.

Quote by Charles Babbage about knowledge

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.

Quote by Charles Babbage about knowledge

There 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.

Quote by Charles Babbage about knowledge

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.

Quote by Charles Babbage about knowledge