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Robert Torrens1 quote
In the first stone which he flings at the wild animals he pursues, in the first stick that he seizes to strike down the fruit which hangs above his reach, we see the appropriation of one article for the purpose of aiding in the acquisition of another, and thus discover the origin of capital. — Robert Torrens · 1821Thomas Carlyle1 quote
Man is a Tool-using Animal...without Tools he is nothing, with Tools he is all. — Thomas Carlyle · 1834Werner Heisenberg1 quote
Every tool carries with it the spirit by which it has been created. — Werner Heisenberg · 1958