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.Quote by Charles Babbage about concentration, difficulties, science, country
We have had such a letter movement on two occasions in Denmark when more than a quarter of the adult Danish population participated. Such an achievement, however, demands a really great effort and also a great deal of money.Quote by Fredrik Bajer about money
There are events which are so great that if a writer has participated in them his obligation is to write truly rather than assume the presumption of altering them with invention.Quote by Ernest Hemingway about invention, events, writers