But I must confess I am jealous of the term atom; for though it is very easy to talk of atoms, it is very difficult to form a clear idea of their nature, especially when compounded bodies are under consideration.
MICHAEL FARADAYI could trust a fact and always cross-question an assertion.
More Michael Faraday Quotes
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Nature is our kindest friend and best critic in experimental science if we only allow her intimations to fall unbiased on our minds.
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I could trust a fact and always cross-question an assertion.
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Why will people go astray when they have this blessed Book to guide them?
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Water is to me, I confess, a phenomenon which continually awakens new feelings of wonder as often as I view it.
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Tyndall, … I must remain plain Michael Faraday to the last; and let me now tell you, that if accepted the honour which the Royal Society desires to confer upon me, I would not answer for the integrity of my intellect for a single year.
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Physicist is both to my mouth and ears so awkward that I think I shall never use it. The equivalent of three separate sounds of “I” in one word is too much.
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The lecturer should give the audience full reason to believe that all his powers have been exerted for their pleasure and instruction.
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A man who is certain he is right is almost sure to be wrong.
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All are sure in their days except the most wise. He is the wisest philosopher who holds his theory with some doubt.
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It is right that we should stand by and act on our principles; but not right to hold them in obstinate blindness, or retain them when proved to be erroneous.
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I shall be with Christ, and that is enough.
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Since peace is alone the gift of God, and as it is He who gives it, why should we be afraid? His unspeakable gift in His beloved Son is the ground of no doubtful hope.
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Nothing is too wonderful to be true, if it be consistent with the laws of nature.
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I am no poet, but if you think for yourselves, as I proceed, the facts will form a poem in your minds.
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The philosopher should be a man willing to listen to every suggestion,but determined to judge for himself.He should not be a respector of persons,but of things.Truth should be his primary object.
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