But Still Try, For Who Knows What

I Am No Poet, But If You Think For Yourselves, As I Proceed, The Facts Will Form A Poem In Your Minds.

Although We Know Nothing Of What An Atom Is, Yet We Cannot Resist Forming Some Idea Of A Small Particle, Which Represents It To The Mind ... There Is An Immensity Of Facts Which Justify Us In Believing That The Atoms Of Matter Are In Some Way Endowed Or Associated With Electrical Powers, To Which They Owe Their Most Striking Qualities, And Amongst Them Their Mutual Chemical Affinity.

No Wonder That My Remembrance Fails Me, For I Shall Complete My 70 Years Next Sunday (the 22); - And During These 70 Years I Have Had A Happy Life; Which Still Remains Happy Because Of Hope And Content.

What A Delight It Is To Think That You Are Quietly & Philosophically At Work In The Pursuit Of Science... Rather Than Fighting Amongst The Crowd Of Black Passions & Motives That Seem Now A Days To Urge Men Every Where Into Action. What Incredible Scenes Every Where, What Unworthy Motives Ruled For The Moment, Under High Sounding Phrases And At The Last What Disgusting Revolutions.

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.