Faraday to Frederick Field   21 October 1856

Royal Institution, 21st October, 1856.

My dear Sir,

Your paper looks so well, that though I am of course unable to become security for the facts, I have still thought it my duty to send it to the Royal Society¹. Whether it will appear there or not I cannot say²,- no one can say even for his own papers; but for my part, I think that as facts are the foundation of science, however they may be interpreted, so they are most valuable, and often more so than the interpretations founded upon them. I hope your further researches will confirm those you have obtained: but I would not be too hasty with them,- rather wait a while, and make them quite secure.

I am, Sir, your obliged Servant, | M. Faraday