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Passages from the Life of a Philosopher

Name: Passages from the Life of a Philosopher
Author: Charles Babbage

by Charles Babbage

Passages from the Life of a Philosopher by Charles Babbage, available in Auren as a public-domain ebook in the United States.

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Traced his descent, through ages dark,

From cats that caterwauled in Noah’s ark.

Salmagundi, 4to, 1793