A Young Man Passes From Our Public

The Public Character Of Every Public Servant Is Legitimate Subject Of Discussion, And His Fitness Or Unfitness For Office May Be Fairly Canvassed By Any Person.

On Two Occasions I Have Been Asked, 'pray, Mr. Babbage, If You Put Into The Machine Wrong Figures, Will The Right Answers Come Out?' I Am Not Able Rightly To Apprehend The Kind Of Confusion Of Ideas That Could Provoke Such A Question.

A Powerful Attraction Exists, Therefore, To The Promotion Of A Study And Of Duties Of All Others Engrossing The Time Most Completely, And Which Is Less Benefited Than Most Others By Any Acquaintance With Science.

Telegraphs Are Machines For Conveying Information Over Extensive Lines With Great Rapidity.

To Those Who Have Chosen The Profession Of Medicine, A Knowledge Of Chemistry, And Of Some Branches Of Natural History, And, Indeed, Of Several Other Departments Of Science, Affords Useful Assistance.