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The life of James Clerk Maxwell

Note 99 — Chapter IV · ADOLESCENCE—1844 TO 1847—ÆT. 13-16.

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On his copy of Monk’s Alcestis, which we read in the 6th class (1845-46), the owner’s name is followed by an original distich:—

“Si probrum metuis, nolito tangere librum, Nam magni domini nomina scripta vides.”

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