I... express a wish that you may, in your generation, be fit to compare to a candle; that you may, like it, shine as lights to those about you; that, in all your actions, you may justify the beauty of the taper by making your deeds honourable and effectual in the discharge of your duty to your fellow-men.


A Course of Six Lectures on the Chemical History of a Candle (1861)

Michael Faraday Quotes

I... express a wish that you may, in your generation, be fit to compare to a candle; that you may, like it, shine as lights to those about you; that, ...

I... express a wish that you may, in your generation, be fit to compare to a candle; that you may, like it, shine as lights to those about you; that, ...

I... express a wish that you may, in your generation, be fit to compare to a candle; that you may, like it, shine as lights to those about you; that, ...

I... express a wish that you may, in your generation, be fit to compare to a candle; that you may, like it, shine as lights to those about you; that, ...