Faraday to Henry Enfield Roscoe   7 March 1861

[Royal Institution embossed letterhead] | 7 March 1861.

My dear Roscoe

This morning I received your very kind note & the specimens of caesium & strontium and as you may believe with very many thanks. You ought not to have sent me so much caesium but I will not waste it & therefore consider it as held at your disposal or for the true purposes of science. Your description of the qualities shall go with the specimen[.]

Your discourse was a very great treat to me¹[.] As to the matters you talk about I cannot speak of them as they may interest you; but I can tell you what kind of habits &c I had to overcome when I was young & thinking of speaking to others[.] Every man however must make his own method:- it is wonderful how individuals differ from each other[.]

Ever Yours truly | M. Faraday