(148 Prof. A. de la Rive’s Memoir of 
ore, with ee ecnivictinns, is to say.to them, “And yet I 
m istia 
ratory when his presence elsewhere was neces to a friend or 
useful to humanity, Wesee him putting his knowledge under 
contribution both.for inquiries upon questions of public health 
or industrial applications, and to give practical advice to an ar- 
tisan or examine the discovery of a débutant in the scientific 
career, Only, as I have already said, with these exceptions, he. 
made it a rule not to allow himself to be turned aside from the 
labors to which he had consecrated his lif by occupations of 
another kind, or by those pretended duties of society whic 
It was not that he could not be — sociable when ne- 
cessary, or that he did not allow himself some relaxations when, 
fatigued with work, he needed some ote But these were 
only accidental circumstances in his life, which was so exclu- 
sively devoted to his laboratory. 
The scientific career of Faraday was equally fortunate and 
complete. Named as early as 1823 a correspondent. of the 
Academy of Sciences of Paris, he was called in 1844 by this 
same Academy to occupy one of its eight foreign Associate- 
ships, after sey been associated successively with all the 
learned urope and America. He was by no means 
insensible ‘5 “hes scientific honors, which he accepted with 
enuine satisfaction, whilst he constantly refused every other 
ind of honorary distinction. 
But it is time to commence the more important part of this 
- notice, that which is to be devoted to the examination of the 
works of Faraday. Only I may perhaps be allowed, before 
speaking of the works cagateen to say a few words of the 
manner in which Faraday worked. 
Is it true that the man of science who wishes to interrogate 
nature must set himself face to face with his apparatus, make 
them act to derive facts from them, and wait until these facts 
have appeared, in order to deduce their consequences, and 
without any : peveonostved idea ? Most certainly the philoso- 
d advance such 
coverers ; it was assuredly not the one adopted by Faraday. 
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