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MICHAEL FARADAY.
MICHAEL FARADAY:
Man of Science.
BY
WALTER JERROLD.
"Whose work was wrought for love, and not for gain."
"One rule his life was fashioned to fulfil;
That he who tends Truth's shrine and does the hest
Of Science, with a humble, faithful will,
The God of Truth and Knowledge serveth best."
FLEMING H. REVELL COMPANY,
NEW YORKCHICAGOTORONTO
Publishers of Evangelical Literature.
PREFACE.
"Tyndall, I must remain plain Michael Faradayto the last." In these words, with which hereplied to Professor Tyndall's urgent appeal to himto accept the Presidency of the Royal Society, wehave a key-note to the character of the illustriousyet modest scientist, the good and great man, whoselife-story I have attempted to tell in the followingpages.
A life-story such as th
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