Faraday to Harriet Jane Moore   1864¹

I find myself less and less fit for communication with society; even in a meeting of family - brothers and sisters - I cannot keep pace in recollection with the conversation, and so have to sit silent and taciturn. Feeling this condition of things, I keep myself out of the way of making an exposure of myself. Remaining life is only for my friends who receive me for past affection’s sake, and also for what I am. Now I count you amongst these, so notwithstanding bad spelling and other deficiencies, keep up the public current of kind communication.