Experimental Researches in Electricity, Volume Iwriting · 1831–1838DirectVerified quotation — claim 01“to those philosophers who pursue the inquiry zealously yet cautiously, combining experiment with analogy, suspicious of their preconceived notions, paying more respect to a fact than a theory, not too hasty to generalize, and above all things, willing at every step to cross-examine their own opinions, both by reasoning and experiment, no branch of knowledge can afford so fine and ready a field for discovery as this.” — Michael FaradayVerified quotation — claim 01“I shall use every opportunity which presents itself of returning to that strong test of truth, experiment.” — Michael Faraday
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Observations on Mental Education (Royal Institution address)speech · 1854DirectNo passage is mapped to this claim. Sources are listed for provenance; a quotation appears only when it has been verified for the specific claim.
Michael Faraday: His Life and WorkSilvanus P. Thompson · biography · 1898ContextualVerified quotation — claim 01“I have far more confidence in the one man who works mentally and bodily at a matter than in the six who merely talk about it. Nothing is so good as an experiment which, whilst it sets error right, gives an absolute advancement in knowledge.” — Michael Faraday