Lectures which really teach will never be popular; lectures which are popular will never really teach.
MICHAEL FARADAYI propose to distinguish these bodies by calling those anions which go to the anode of the decomposing body; and those passing to the cathode, cations; and when I have occasion to speak of these together, I shall call them ions.
More Michael Faraday Quotes
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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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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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Why will people go astray when they have this blessed Book to guide them?
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There’s nothing quite as frightening as someone who knows they are right.
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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.
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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.’
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A centre of excellence is, by definition, a place where second class people may perform first class work.
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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.
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I could trust a fact and always cross-question an assertion.
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With respect to Committees as you would perceive I am very jealous of their formation. I mean working committees. I think business is always better done by few than by many.
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Chemistry is necessarily an experimental science: its conclusions are drawn from data, and its principles supported by evidence from facts.
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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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Nothing is too wonderful to be true, if it be consistent with the laws of nature.
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But still try, for who knows what is possible?
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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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