Charles Babbage Quote

The first steps in the path of discovery, and the first approximate measures, are those which add most to the existing knowledge of mankind.


Reflections on the Decline of Science in England, and on Some of Its Causes (ed. 1830)


The first steps in the path of discovery, and the first approximate measures, are those which add most to the existing knowledge of mankind.

The first steps in the path of discovery, and the first approximate measures, are those which add most to the existing knowledge of mankind.

The first steps in the path of discovery, and the first approximate measures, are those which add most to the existing knowledge of mankind.

The first steps in the path of discovery, and the first approximate measures, are those which add most to the existing knowledge of mankind.