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Michael Faraday

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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Hard Work Science Secret Success Word Work Young
There’s nothing quite as frightening as someone who knows they are right.
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Quite Right Scare
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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Ignorance Men Myself Thinking Word
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.
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Avoid Force Ideas Mindset Science
Who would not have been laughed at if he had said in 1800 that metals could be extracted from their ores by electricity or that portraits could be drawn by chemistry.
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Himself Laughter Science
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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Ideas Imagination Judgement Nature Poet Respect Science Struggle Sun Thinking True Way
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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Doubt Exception Himself Philosophy Theory Wisdom
Why, sir, there is every probability that you will soon be able to tax it! Said to William Gladstone, the Chancellor of the Exchequer, when he asked about the practical worth of electricity.
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Discovery Happiness Science Worth
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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Acts Ourselves Principle Right
But still try, for who knows what is possible?
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Inspirational Possible Try
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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Afraid Alone Belief Doubt Gift God Hope Peace
A man who is certain he is right is almost sure to be wrong.
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Himself Men Right Wrong
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.
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Difficult Ideas Jealous Myself Nature Science
Nothing is ever too good to be true.
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Goodness One Liner True
Speculations? I have none. I am resting on certainties.
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Belief Myself Science Theory
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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Believe Power Reason Teaching

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