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THE universal interest aroused by the Faraday centenary celebrations in spite of the world-wide economic and political unrest well attests the power of scientific biography to arrest public attention when its human aspects are adequately stressed. Beyond question, the contrast between Faraday's humble beginnings as a bookbinder's apprentice and the revolutionary effect of his discoveries on industry and on society has profoundly stirred the public imagination. The immense benefits which society has derived from the researches of this prince of investigators, no less than his unflinching devotion to the pursuit of scientific truth for its own sake, apart from all utilitarian consequences, commanded the homage of the entire world of industry and science, and have manifested to thousands of others the worth and human interest of a scientific career.
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Science and Service. Nature 128, 921–922 (1931). https://doi.org/10.1038/128921a0
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1038/128921a0