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Quotation from The Chemical History of a Candle by Michael Faraday
“What diamond can shine like flame?”
The Chemical History of a Candle, Lecture I (Project Gutenberg text (1908 Chatto and Windus impression, ed. William Crookes))
Faraday compares the brilliance of flame with gold, silver and jewels, which only shine when light falls on them.
Citation: "What diamond can shine like flame?" — 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-q5)
Portrait: M Faraday Th Phillips oil 1842, Thomas Phillips, Public domain.
