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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

Why will people go astray when they have this blessed Book to guide them?
MICHAEL FARADAY

Blessing Book Guide People
There’s nothing quite as frightening as someone who knows they are right.
MICHAEL FARADAY

Quite Right Scare
I cannot conceive curved lines of force without the conditions of a physical existence in that intermediate space.
MICHAEL FARADAY

Existence Force Myself Space
The book of nature which we have to read is written by the finger of God.
MICHAEL FARADAY

Book Fingers God Nature Reading Writing
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
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.
MICHAEL FARADAY

Himself Laughter Science
But still try, for who knows what is possible?
MICHAEL FARADAY

Inspirational Possible Try
I am no poet, but if you think for yourselves, as I proceed, the facts will form a poem in your minds.
MICHAEL FARADAY

Mindset Myself Poem Poet Poetry Thinking Yourself
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
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
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
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
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
When I came to know Mrs. Marcet personally; how often I cast my thoughts backward, delighting to connect the past and the present; how often, when sending a paper to her as a thank you offering, I thought of my first instructress.
MICHAEL FARADAY

Connection Myself Past Teaching Thankful
Nothing is too wonderful to be true, if it be consistent with the laws of nature.
MICHAEL FARADAY

Law Nature Science Truth Wonderful
The important thing is to know how to take all things quietly.
MICHAEL FARADAY

Important Quiet 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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