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The excerpt represents the core issue or deciding factor on which you must meditate, and is drawn from Faraday as a Discoverer by John Tyndall: Royal Institution; that he was introduced by one of the members to
Sir Humphry Davy's last lectures, that he took notes of those
lectures; wrote them fairly out, and sent them to Davy, entreating
him at the same time to enable him to quit trade, which he detested,
and to pursue science, which he loved. Davy was helpful to the young
man, and this should never be forgotten: he at once wrote to
Faraday, and afterwards, when an opportunity occurred, made him his
assistant.[1] Mr. Gassiot has lately favoured me with the following
reminiscence of this time:--
'Clapham Common, Surrey,
'November 28, 1867.
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