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.

MICHAEL FARADAY

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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.

Michael Faraday

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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

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.
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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

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?
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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.

MICHAEL FARADAY

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.
MICHAEL FARADAY

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Lectures which really teach will never be popular; lectures which are popular will never really teach.

MICHAEL FARADAY

Lectures which really teach will never be popular; lectures which are popular will never really teach.
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I can at any moment convert my time into money, but I do not require more of the latter than is sufficient for necessary purposes.

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I can at any moment convert my time into money, but I do not require more of the latter than is sufficient for necessary purposes.
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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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A centre of excellence is, by definition, a place where second class people may perform first class work.
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The book of nature which we have to read is written by the finger of God.

MICHAEL FARADAY

The book of nature which we have to read is written by the finger of God.
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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.

MICHAEL FARADAY

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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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

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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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.

MICHAEL FARADAY

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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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.

MICHAEL FARADAY

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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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

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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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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But still try, for who knows what is possible?

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But still try, for who knows what is possible?
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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

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.
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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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Chemistry is necessarily an experimental science: its conclusions are drawn from data, and its principles supported by evidence from facts.
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