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Respectfully Quoted: A Dictionary of Quotations. 1989.
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NUMBER:
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1790 |
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AUTHOR:
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Michael Faraday (1791–1867) |
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QUOTATION:
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Mr. Gladstone, then Chancellor of the Exchequer, had interrupted him in a description of his work on electricity to put the impatient inquiry: ‘But, after all, what use is it?’ Like a flash of lightning came the response: ‘Why, sir, there is every probability that you will soon be able to tax it!’ |
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ATTRIBUTION:
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MICHAEL FARADAY.—James Kendall, Michael Faraday, Man of Simplicity, Introduction, p. 14 (1955). |
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SUBJECTS:
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Taxation |
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