Faraday to Lambert-Adolphe-Jacques Quetelet   21 December 1847

Brighton | 21 Decr. 1847.

My dear Sir

Permit to hope that you will assist me in returning thanks to the Royal Academy of Sciences in Bruxelles in terms suitable to the great honor which it has done me in raising me to the rank of Foreign Associate¹; all I can say in return for such favour is that whatever my powers may be I shall ever desire to make myself worthy of the distinction conferred upon me in so kind and generous a manner. With every feeling of esteem and respect for yourself and the lovers of and labourers of sciences associated with you

I am My dear Sir | Your ever obliged & faithful Servant | M. Faraday

Profr. Quetelet | &c &c &c &c

Address: Professor Quetelet | &c &c &c | Royal Academy of Sciences | Bruxelles