"The question 'what can the Analytical Engine do?' appears difficult to answer accurately."
"I am much annoyed at your having altered my Note."
"I stand in awe of the immense advancement of mathematical science in the last century."
History
"Real education should exercise and strengthen all the faculties of the mind."
Education
"I believe I am the instrument the Almighty intends to use."
"The Analytical Engine is nothing but a more economical and mechanical means of performing the operation of Analysis."
"Mathematical science shows what is. It is the language of unseen relations."
Knowledge
"I never in my life met with such a thorough, sterling, powerful, really scientific mind."
"Do give me some credit! I think those [notes] are extremely clear."
"I am much more annoyed at your having altered my Note than you could possibly be at its reception."
"I have to do what is right and proper, I have not to discuss what is right and proper."
Courage
"What is the Analytical Engine? A most marvellous invention."
"I need scarcely say that mathematics is one of the particular studies in which I have most delighted."
"She has the ability of making the most difficult and abstract subjects quite clear and intelligible."
"Your mother has a very noble mind."
"I am the High Priestess of Mathematics!"
Leadership
"The Analytical Engine is capable of performing all operations which it might be possible for the human intellect to perform, by means of the written symbols."
"You need to have great resolution and great judgment to understand these matters."
Strength
"I have had my own thoughts on these matters, and have come to certain conclusions."
"What a fascinating problem to solve!"
"Life has been a hard battle for me, but I have never lost faith in the ultimate triumph of truth."
Hope
"I have not yet mastered the art of conciseness."
"The science of operations, as derived from mathematics more generally, is a science of itself."
"I feel bound to perform my duty, whatever the consequences."
"There is something remarkable in the beauty of nature."
Nature
"I have not the slightest doubt that one of the greatest minds of our age is now engaged upon a most important problem."
"The investigation of the Analytical Engine has impressed me profoundly."
"I must be free or I shall perish."
Freedom
"I could not exist without intellectual exercise."
"My heart and mind are so thoroughly devoted to the study of the mathematical sciences."
