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How I would glory if my counsels should be followed upand lead to those results which I am now anticipating from them.

Though I have not becn altogether idle this winter I havedone very little in the way of scientific research, lectures andother sorts of unphilosophical occupfations] having taken up allmy leisure time. With the beginning of May I trust I shall beable to commence working again and that the ozone will bethe very first subject 1 shall take into my hands is hardlynecessary to say. But my small battery, from which I can getonly 15 cubic inches of mixt gases per minute will, I am afraid,not furnish a sufficient quantity of the subtle principle; I shallhowever try to make the best of it.

I am very sorry to teil you, that your last papers havenot yet reached Bale which makes me fear that they are lost.Pray remember me kindly to Mrs. Faraday and believe me

Your's

most faithfully

Bale April 8th 1841. C. F. SCHOENBEIN.

Faraday to Schcenbein.

Royal Institution 4 June 1841

My dear Schoenbein

I must write you but a short note for I feel theneed of doing all to procure rest, but I could not longer letyour most kind letter pass unnoticed. Such feeling is toovaluable to allow me to ruh any risk of letting you supposeI do not estimate it and more, feel greatly cheered by it. I thinkwe shall be in Switzerland this year but the advice to me isto avoid all towns, all friends and all scientific thought oroccupation. We shall be lead in part by the progress ofthings and though I may not sec you do not think it will be