Having myself worked with a variety of tools, and having studied the art of constructing each of them, I at length laid it down as a principle — tha… - Allan G Bromley

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Having myself worked with a variety of tools, and having studied the art of constructing each of them, I at length laid it down as a principle — that, except in rare cases, I would never do anything myself if I could afford to hire another person who could do it for me.

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

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