The whole aristocracy trembled before his invincible logic, his mighty eloquence, and his commanding character.
Except possibly Cobden, no other man did so much to give the laborer a shorter day, a cheaper loaf, an added shilling.
Over a stable in London lived a poor boy named Michael Faraday, who carried newspapers about the streets to loan to customers for a penny apiece.

He was apprenticed for seven years to a bookbinder and bookseller.

When binding the Encyclopaedia Britannica, his eyes caught the article on electricity, and he could not rest until he had read it.
He procured a glass vial, an old pan, and a few simple articles, and began to experiment.

A customer became interested in the boy, and took him to hear Sir Humphry Davy lecture on chemistry.

He summoned courage to write the great scientist and sent the notes he had taken of his lecture.