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© Rmsrga, Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0.
The father of computing believed his machine held the key to some of life’s greatest mysteries.
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© Marcia Berkowitz Maui Hawaii, Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 3.0.
RL Stevenson was of the opinion that wrongthink was better than groupthink.
By Eduard von Gebhardt (1838–1925), via Wikimedia Commons. Public domain.
William Wirt recalls an overpowering sermon from a blind man in a little wooden chapel.
© Marie-Lan Nguyen, Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 2.5.
Aeschines paid tribute to the oratory of his greatest rival — whether he meant to or not.
© Ronnie Macdonald, Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 2.0.
George Berkeley warned that industry, not financial speculation, was the guarantee of a nation’s wealth.
© Caroline Legg, Wikimedia Commons. CC BY-SA 2.0.
Scotsman James Boswell always spoke good English when in England, but he was careful to leave a little Scots in.