I count myself fortunate to be able to contribute to this work; and the great interest which the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences has shown in my work and the recognition that it has paid to my past successes, convince me that I am not on the wrong track.

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It confirmed Lorentz's prediction about the polarization of light emitted in the presence of a magnetic field. Nature 55 (1424): 347. (1897).