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Quotation from The Chemical History of a Candle by Michael Faraday
“whenever a result happens, especially if it be new, you should say, “What is the cause? Why does it occur?” and you will in the course of time find out the reason.”
The Chemical History of a Candle, Lecture I (Project Gutenberg text (1908 Chatto and Windus impression, ed. William Crookes))
Faraday's charge to his young audience, who have come, as he says, to be philosophers.
Citation: "whenever a result happens, especially if it be new, you should say, “What is the cause? Why does it occur?” and you will in the course of time find out the reason." — Michael Faraday, The Chemical History of a Candle, Lecture I (Project Gutenberg text (1908 Chatto and Windus impression, ed. William Crookes)). (id faraday-chemical-history-of-a-candle-q4)
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Portrait: M Faraday Th Phillips oil 1842, Thomas Phillips, Public domain.
