Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton Quotes

It may, indeed, be said that sympathy exists in all minds, as Faraday has discovered that magnetism exists in all metals; but a certain temperature is required to develop the hidden property, whether in the metal or the mind.

Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton

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• It may, indeed, be said that sympathy exists in all minds, as Faraday has discovered that magnetism exists in all metals; but a certain temperature is required to develop the hidden property, whether in the metal or the mind.

  

  Edward Bulwer-Lytton, 1st Baron Lytton
  • Sympathy
  • Property
  • Discovered