Faraday to William Buchanan   8 May 1850

Royal Institution | 8 May 1850

My dear friend & Brother

I can neither write to you nor hold my peace. I cannot let you think that the sudden calamity to our dear & widowed friend1 & to you all did not strike us with sad force and yet I fear to say much for words seem trivial in the presence of such a grief. May you be comforted from God by the words wherewith you have comforted us and may we be all resting on him through that hope which is given to the guilty & to the weakest by our Lord Jesus Christ. In the other matter all we can do shall be done2[.]

Believe me | My dear friend | Very affectionately Yours | M. Faraday

W. Buchanan Esq | &c &c

1
Unidentified.
2
Presumably a reference to David Buchanan (c.1823-1890, AuDB). Fifth son of William Buchanan. Emigrated to Australia in 1852. See letter 2284.

Please cite as “Faraday2286,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 28 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday2286