{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Writing Tech Brief By HackerNoon","title":"An examination into some charges brought against one of the twenty-four candidates","html":"<iframe width=\"100%\" height=\"180\" frameborder=\"no\" scrolling=\"no\" seamless src=\"https://share.transistor.fm/e/a3d5afb2\"></iframe>","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":225,"description":"\n        This story was originally published on HackerNoon at: https://hackernoon.com/an-examination-into-some-charges-brought-against-one-of-the-twenty-four-candidates.\n             Of the charges themselves I shall offer no opinion, but entreat every member to judge for himself. \n            Check more stories related to writing at: https://hackernoon.com/c/writing.\n            You can also check exclusive content about #non-fiction, #scientific-literature, #hackernoon-books, #project-gutenberg, #books, #charles-babbage, #philosophical-literature, #decline-of-science-in-england,  and more.\n            \n            \n            This story was written by: @charlesbabbage. Learn more about this writer by checking @charlesbabbage's about page,\n            and for more stories, please visit hackernoon.com.\n            \n                \n                \n                An examination into some charges brought against one of the twenty-four candidates, mentioned in a note as having their names suspended in the meeting-room of the Royal Society, at one time, has caused a printed pamphlet to be circulated amongst the members of the Society. Of the charges themselves I shall offer no opinion, but entreat every member to judge for himself. I shall, however, make one extract, which tends to show how the ranks of the Society are recruited.\n\nEXTRACT FROM A PRINTED LETTER FROM A. F. M. TO J. G. CHILDREN, ESQ. DATED, 22, UPPER BEDFORD-PLACE, MARCH 13, 1830.\n\n\"When I wished you to Propose me at the Geological Society, you asked me why you should not propose me also at the Royal Society; and my answer was, that it was an honour to which I did not think I could aspire; that my talents were too insignificant to warrant such pretensions. Many days passed, and still you pressed me on the subject, because your partiality made you think me deserving of the honour; but I resisted, really through modesty, not that I did not covet the distinction, until something was said of my paper on...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/LXiX31rrbwLw9J62kpK9WBDgYoaVWl0Q2rRKU2SJbyk/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9zaG93/LzQxNDMwLzE2ODM1/ODM1MzMtYXJ0d29y/ay5qcGc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}