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BID : 7488_LU9DCE
Subj: FORTUNE 11-FEB
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Sent: 260211/1001Z 7488@LU9DCE.TOR.BA.ARG.SOAM LinBPQ6.0.25
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PACKET RADIO STATION - BUENOS AIRES (GF05OM)
PYTHON SCHEDULED NEWSLETTERS (PSN)
COPYRIGHT 2025 - EDUARDO A. CASTILLO
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I HAVE SACRIFICED TIME, HEALTH, AND FORTUNE, IN THE DESIRE TO COMPLETE
THESE
CALCULATING ENGINES. I HAVE ALSO DECLINED SEVERAL OFFERS OF GREAT
PERSONAL
ADVANTAGE TO MYSELF. BUT, NOTWITHSTANDING THE SACRIFICE OF THESE
ADVANTAGES
FOR THE PURPOSE OF MATURING AN ENGINE OF ALMOST INTELLECTUAL POWER,
AND AFTER
EXPENDING FROM MY OWN PRIVATE FORTUNE A LARGER SUM THAN THE GOVERNMENT
OF
ENGLAND HAS SPENT ON THAT MACHINE, THE EXECUTION OF WHICH IT ONLY
COMMENCED,
I HAVE RECEIVED NEITHER AN ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF MY LABORS, NOT EVEN THE
OFFER
OF THOSE HONORS OR REWARDS WHICH ARE ALLOWED TO FALL WITHIN THE REACH
OF MEN
WHO DEVOTE THEMSELVES TO PURELY SCIENTIFIC INVESTIGATIONS...
IF THE WORK UPON WHICH I HAVE BESTOWED SO MUCH TIME AND THOUGHT WERE A
MERE
TRIUMPH OVER MECHANICAL DIFFICULTIES, OR SIMPLY CURIOUS, OR IF THE
EXECUTION
OF SUCH ENGINES WERE OF DOUBTFUL PRACTICABILITY OR UTILITY, SOME
JUSTIFICATION
MIGHT BE FOUND FOR THE COURSE WHICH HAS BEEN TAKEN; BUT I VENTURE TO
ASSERT
THAT NO MATHEMATICIAN WHO HAS A REPUTATION TO LOSE WILL EVER PUBLICLY
EXPRESS
AN OPINION THAT SUCH A MACHINE WOULD BE USELESS IF MADE, AND THAT NO
MAN
DISTINGUISHED AS A CIVIL ENGINEER WILL VENTURE TO DECLARE THE
CONSTRUCTION OF
SUCH MACHINERY IMPRACTICABLE...
AND AT A PERIOD WHEN THE PROGRESS OF PHYSICAL SCIENCE IS OBSTRUCTED BY
THAT
EXHAUSTING INTELLECTUAL AND MANUAL LABOR, INDISPENSABLE FOR ITS
ADVANCEMENT,
WHICH IT IS THE OBJECT OF THE ANALYTICAL ENGINE TO RELIEVE, I THINK
THE
APPLICATION OF MACHINERY IN AID OF THE MOST COMPLICATED AND ABTRUSE
CALCULATIONS CAN NO LONGER BE DEEMED UNWORTHY OF THE ATTENTION OF THE
COUNTRY.
IN FACT, THERE IS NO REASON WHY MENTAL AS WELL AS BODILY LABOR SHOULD
NOT
BE ECONOMIZED BY THE AID OF MACHINERY.
-- CHARLES BABBAGE, PASSAGE FROM THE LIFE OF A
PHILOSOPHER
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