That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive infl…

Charles Babbage
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That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the general system of instruction adopted in it, is a principle too obvious to require investigation. ✨ Charles Babbage, Anthony Hyman (1989). Science and Reform: Selected Works of Charles Babbage, p.116, Cambridge University Press
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