Faraday to Comte de Paris1   7 February 1865

21 Albemarle Street: February 7, 1865.

How shall I answer your R.H. for the handsome and most courteous letter which I have received, seeing it must indeed be by an apology for not accepting the grace offered me2, but I think that the weakness, and infirmities of old age, and above all the loss of memory, which makes this necessary, will be the sufficient and acceptable reason.

I bow before Him who is Lord of all, and hope to be kept waiting patiently for His time and mode of releasing me according to His Divine Word, and the great and precious promises whereby His people are made partakers of the Divine nature.

My deepest thanks are due to Her Royal Highness the Princess3. Accept me with my weaknesses, and believe me to be your Royal Highness’s grateful and humble servant,

M. Faraday

1
Louis Albert Phillipe d’Orléans, Comte de Paris (1834–1894, Ann.Reg., 1894, 178-81). Orleans claimant to the French throne.
2
This was an invitation to visit the Comte at York House in Twickenham. Bence Jones (1870a), 2: 477.
3
Marie Isabelle, Comtesse de Paris (1848–1919, Cashmore (1987), 16). Daughter of the Infanta of Spain who married the Comte de Paris on 24 August 1864.

Bibliography

BENCE JONES, Henry (1870a): The Life and Letters of Faraday, 1st edition, 2 volumes, London.

Please cite as “Faraday4526,” in Ɛpsilon: The Michael Faraday Collection accessed on 27 April 2024, https://epsilon.ac.uk/view/faraday/letters/Faraday4526