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As Soon As An Analytical Engine Exists, It Will Necessarily Guide The Future Course Of The Science. Whenever Any Result Is Sought By Its Aid, The Question Will Then Arise — By What Course Of Calculation Can These Results Be Arrived At By The Machine In The Shortest Time?

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.

An Object Is Frequently Not Seen, From Not Knowing How To See It, Rather Than From Any Defect Of The Organ Of Vision.

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.

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.