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We may say most aptly that the Analytical Engine weaves algebraical patterns just as the Jacquard-loom weaves flowers and leaves.
Ada Lovelace1815–1852Notes on the Analytical Engine invented by Charles Babbage (1843)
- Computers
But lo! men have become the tools of their tools.
Henry David Thoreau1817–1862Walden (1854), Economy (2 of 3)In context
We are in great haste to construct a magnetic telegraph from Maine to Texas; but Maine and Texas, it may be, have nothing important to communicate.
Henry David Thoreau1817–1862Walden (1854), Economy (2 of 3)In context
- Talking
The world has grown smaller, since a man can now go round it ten times more quickly than a hundred years ago.
Jules Verne1828–1905Around the World in Eighty Days (1873), Chapter IIIIn context
- Change
The invention of printing is the greatest event in history. It is the mother of revolution.
Victor Hugo1802–1885The Hunchback of Notre-Dame (1831), Book Fifth, Chapter IIIn context
- History