the greatest obstacles to the acquisition of knowledge — inasmuch as he possesses the consciousness that he does not know — and he has the moral co… - Allan G Bromley

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.

No motion impressed by natural causes, or by human agency, is ever obliterated.

Em duas ocasiões me perguntaram: 'Diga-nos, Sr. Babbage, se introduzirmos dados errados na máquina, ainda sairão respostas corretas?' Eu não consigo compreender o tipo de confusão de ideias que motivou tal questão.