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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.

Michael Faraday

When the contrary magnetic poles were on the same side, there was an effect produced on the polarized ray, and thus magnetic force and light were proved to have relation to each other.
MICHAEL FARADAY

Force Light Relationship Science Theory
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.
MICHAEL FARADAY

Education Himself Judgement Men Person Philosophy Respect
I could trust a fact and always cross-question an assertion.
MICHAEL FARADAY

Myself Science Trust
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
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
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

Business Hard Work Jealous Myself Respect Thinking
I 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.
MICHAEL FARADAY

Body Myself Purpose Science Togetherness
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
I happen to have discovered a direct relation between magnetism and light, also electricity and light, and the field it opens is so large and I think rich.
MICHAEL FARADAY

Light Myself Relationship Rich Science Thinking
But still try, for who knows what is possible?
MICHAEL FARADAY

Inspirational Possible Try
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
I am busy just now again on Electro-Magnetism and think I have got hold of a good thing but can’t say; it may be a weed instead of a fish that after all my labour I may at last pull up.
MICHAEL FARADAY

Goodness Hard Work Myself Science Thinking
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
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.
MICHAEL FARADAY

Discovery Happiness Science Worth
The book of nature which we have to read is written by the finger of God.
MICHAEL FARADAY

Book Fingers God Nature Reading Writing
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 FARADAY

Difficult Ideas Jealous Myself Nature Science

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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