Show science for its it own sake A prominent feature in faradays faradaus Far character was his absolute love of science for its own sake lie ile freely gave his discoveries to his world when he could easily have built up a colossal fortune upon them iio ile once told his friend professor tyndall that at a certain period of his career b he B baa had definitely to ask himself whether he should d make wealth or science the object of his life he ile could not serve both masters masten and was therefore ther eforo compelled to choose between them when preparing his well known memoir of the great master the professor ca called lied to mind this conversation and find asked leave to examine his accounts and this la the conclusion the professor arrived at taking the duration of his life into account this son of a blacksmith and apprentice to a bookbinder had to decide between a fortune of a on the ono one side and his science on the other he ile chose the latter and died lied a poor man but bis his was the glory of holding bolding aloft among the nations the scientific name of england for a period of forty years murrays Mur rays magazine |