Christians need to take the lead in educating people that children are gifts, as my autistic grandson most surely is. By going down the path we're currently on, we might one day get rid of genetic diseases, but only at the cost of our own humanity.


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Some kinds of nails, such as those used for defending the soles of coarse shoes, called hobnails, re...
CHARLES BABBAGE
The accumulation of skill and science which has been directed to diminish the difficulty of producin...
CHARLES BABBAGE
Telegraphs are machines for conveying information over extensive lines with great rapidity.
CHARLES BABBAGE
The public character of every public servant is legitimate subject of discussion, and his fitness or...
CHARLES BABBAGE
Surely, if knowledge is valuable, it can never be good policy in a country far wealthier than Tuscan...
CHARLES BABBAGE
In England, the profession of the law is that which seems to hold out the strongest attraction to ta...
CHARLES BABBAGE
Another mode of accumulating power arises from lifting a weight and then allowing it to fall.
CHARLES BABBAGE
That the state of knowledge in any country will exert a directive influence on the general system of...
CHARLES BABBAGE
The difference between a tool and a machine is not capable of very precise distinction; nor is it ne...
CHARLES BABBAGE
The fatigue produced on the muscles of the human frame does not altogether depend on the actual forc...
CHARLES BABBAGE
There are few circumstances which so strongly distinguish the philosopher, as the calmness with whic...
CHARLES BABBAGE
In mathematics we have long since drawn the rein, and given over a hopeless race.
CHARLES BABBAGE
The half minute which we daily devote to the winding-up of our watches is an exertion of labour almo...
CHARLES BABBAGE
The economy of human time is the next advantage of machinery in manufactures.
CHARLES BABBAGE
Whenever the work is itself light, it becomes necessary, in order to economize time, to increase the...
CHARLES BABBAGE
At each increase of knowledge, as well as on the contrivance of every new tool, human labour becomes...
CHARLES BABBAGE
A tool is usually more simple than a machine; it is generally used with the hand, whilst a machine i...
CHARLES BABBAGE
If there were no bad people, there would be no good lawyers.
CHARLES DICKENS
Nothing reflects so much honor on a workman as a trial of his work and its endurance of it. So it is...
CHARLES SPURGEON
There is a mystique about psychiatry that people think that you have some kind of a magical lens, yo...
CHARLES KRAUTHAMMER
I realized that If I had to choose, I would rather have birds than airplanes.
CHARLES LINDBERGH
I speak Spanish to God, Italian to women, French to men, and German to my horse.
CHARLES V
One of the important things about temptation is, if I'm going to deal with it I'm going to h...
CHARLES STANLEY
A Christian has no right being in a fight unless it's a spiritual fight.
CHARLES STANLEY
A man can preach no better than he prays.
CHARLES STANLEY
An unschooled man who knows how to meditate upon the Lord has learned far more than the man with the...
CHARLES STANLEY
The Bible is clear that those who fail to heed the Lord's discipline - whether nations, cities, ...
CHARLES STANLEY
Helping someone come to a saving knowledge of Christ is the greatest achievement possible.
CHARLES STANLEY
In our friendships we have to be wise that we choose godly people to be our friends. Somebody might ...
CHARLES STANLEY
Basically, there are two paths you can walk: faith or fear. It's impossible to simultaneously tr...
CHARLES STANLEY
The bottom line in the Christian life is obedience and most people don't even like the word.
CHARLES STANLEY
One of Satan's most deceptive and powerful ways of defeating us is to get us to believe a lie. A...
CHARLES STANLEY
Earthly wisdom is doing what comes naturally. Godly wisdom is doing what the Holy Spirit compels us ...
CHARLES STANLEY
Every test, every trial, every heartache that's been significant, I can turn it over and see how...
CHARLES STANLEY
What if others suffer shipwreck, yet none that sail with Jesus have ever been stranded yet.
CHARLES SPURGEON
You have to believe in a placebo or it won't work, but if it works, it's obviously working i...
CHARLES JENCKS
Learning to read music in Braille and play by ear helped me develop a damn good memory.
RAY CHARLES
Friendship is held to be the severest test of character. It is easy, we think, to be loyal to a fami...
CHARLES EASTMAN
The Bible tells us that God will meet all our needs. He feeds the birds of the air and clothes the g...
CHARLES STANLEY
The difference between a democracy and a dictatorship is that in a democracy you vote first and take...
CHARLES BUKOWSKI
In the same way the sun never grows weary of shining, nor a stream of flowing, it is God's natur...
CHARLES SPURGEON
It was one of those March days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in...
CHARLES DICKENS