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 Copy Share Image
All your names I and my friend approve of or nearly all as to sense & expression, but I am frightened by their length… — Michael Faraday Copy Share Image
It may be a weed instead of a fish that, after all my labour, I at last pull up. — Michael Faraday Copy Share Image
I ... express a wish that you may, in your generation, be fit to compare to a candle; that you may, like it, shine… — Michael Faraday Copy Share Image
All are sure in their days except the most wise ... He is the wisest philosopher who holds his theory with some doubt. — Michael Faraday Copy Share Image
Whereas, according to the declaration of that true man of the world Talleyrand, the use of language is to conceal the thoughts; this is… — Michael Faraday Copy Share Image
Since peace is alone the gift of God, and as it is He who gives it, why should we be afraid? His unspeakable gift… — Michael Faraday Copy Share Image
If the term education may be understood in so large a sense as to include all that belongs to the improvement of the mind,… — Michael Faraday Copy Share Image
I cannot conceive curved lines of force without the conditions of a physical existence in that intermediate space. — Michael Faraday Copy Share Image
“To day we made the grand experiment of burning the diamond and certainly the phenomena presented were extremely beautiful and interesting... The Duke's burning… — Michael Faraday Copy Share Image
Why will people go astray when they have this blessed Book to guide them? — Michael Faraday Copy Share Image
Magnetic lines of force convey a far better and purer idea than the phrase magnetic current or magnetic flood: it avoids the assumption of… — Michael Faraday Copy Share Image
