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I could trust a fact and always cross-question an assertion.

Michael Faraday

There is no more open door by which you can enter into the study of natural philosophy than by considering the physical phenomena of a candle.
MICHAEL FARADAY

Nature Philosophy Science Study
Magnetic lines of force convey a far better and purer idea than the phrase magnetic current or magnetic flood: it avoids the assumption of a current or of two currents and also of fluids or a fluid, yet conveys a full and useful pictorial idea to the mind.
MICHAEL FARADAY

Avoid Force Ideas Mindset Science
I have far more confidence in the one man who works mentally and bodily at a matter than in the six who merely talk about it.
MICHAEL FARADAY

Body Confidence Man Mental Myself Talk
You can hardly imagine how I am struggling to exert my poetical ideas just now for the discovery of analogies and remote figures respecting the earth, sun, and all sorts of things — for I think that is the true way (corrected by judgment) to work out a discovery.
MICHAEL FARADAY

Ideas Imagination Judgement Nature Poet Respect Science Struggle Sun Thinking True Way
It is on record that when a young aspirant asked Faraday the secret of his success as a scientific investigator, he replied, ‘The secret is comprised in three words- Work, Finish, Publish.’
MICHAEL FARADAY

Hard Work Science Secret Success Word Work Young
There’s nothing quite as frightening as someone who knows they are right.
MICHAEL FARADAY

Quite Right Scare
Nature is our kindest friend and best critic in experimental science if we only allow her intimations to fall unbiased on our minds.
MICHAEL FARADAY

Fall Friendship Kindness Mindset Nature Ourselves
The condition of matter I have dignified by the term Electronic, THE ELECTRONIC STATE. What do you think of that? Am I not a bold man, ignorant as I am, to coin words?
MICHAEL FARADAY

Ignorance Men Myself Thinking Word
Chemistry is necessarily an experimental science: its conclusions are drawn from data, and its principles supported by evidence from facts.
MICHAEL FARADAY

Evidence Necessary Principle Science Support
In place of practising wholesome self-abnegation, we ever make the wish the father to the thought: we receive as friendly that which agrees with, we resist with dislike that which opposes us; whereas the very reverse is required by every dictate of common sense.
MICHAEL FARADAY

Father Friendship Place Science Thinking
The lecturer should give the audience full reason to believe that all his powers have been exerted for their pleasure and instruction.
MICHAEL FARADAY

Believe Power Reason Teaching
Water is to me, I confess, a phenomenon which continually awakens new feelings of wonder as often as I view it.
MICHAEL FARADAY

Feeling Myself View Wonderful
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.
MICHAEL FARADAY

Acceptance Integrity Intellectual Science
The book of nature which we have to read is written by the finger of God.
MICHAEL FARADAY

Book Fingers God Nature Reading Writing
A man who is certain he is right is almost sure to be wrong.
MICHAEL FARADAY

Himself Men Right Wrong
But still try, for who knows what is possible?
MICHAEL FARADAY

Inspirational Possible Try

I could trust a fact and always cross-question an assertion.

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