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Question
Give one example to show that Faraday was a good pupil.
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Solution
Faraday respected Davy, despite his jealousy of Faraday. Davy assigned him an impossible task of reverse engineering the Bavarian glass, but Faraday accepted the assignment despite knowing it would be extremely difficult. This demonstrates that Faraday was a good student.
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