Quote#Happiness
No wonder that my remembrance fails me, for I shall complete my 70…
Quote byMichael Faraday · 1791–1867
Commonly attributed — not confirmed in an authoritative edition. Cited on Wikiquote to: Letter of Faraday to Christian Friedrich Schönbein (19 September 1861); see also The Letters of Faraday and Schoenbein 1836-1862 (1899), edited by Georg W. A. Kahlbaum and Francis V. Darbishire, p. 349.
English (original)
No wonder that my remembrance fails me, for I shall complete my 70 years next Sunday (the 22); — and during these 70 years I have had a happy life; which still remains happy because of hope and content.
— Michael Faraday
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