Mechanical Calculator/the 19th Century

Famous quotes containing the words mechanical, calculator and/or century:

    “There is only one evil, to deny life
    As Rome denied Etruria
    And mechanical America Montezuma still.”
    —D.H. (David Herbert)

    “Man is a stream whose source is hidden. Our being is descending into us from we know not whence. The most exact calculator has no prescience that somewhat incalculable may not balk the very next moment. I am constrained every moment to acknowledge a higher origin for events than the will I call mine.”
    —Ralph Waldo Emerson (1803–1882)

    “The lotus’ stem is as long as the depth of water,
    So men’s height is just as great as their inner strength.”
    —Tiruvalluvar (c. 5th century A.D.)