THE LIFE OF JAMES CLERK MAXWELL
Reading edition
WITH A SELECTION FROM HIS CORRESPONDENCE AND OCCASIONAL WRITINGS
AND
A SKETCH OF HIS CONTRIBUTIONS TO SCIENCE
BY
LEWIS CAMPBELL, M.A., LL.D.
PROFESSOR OF GREEK IN THE UNIVERSITY OF ST. ANDREWS
AND
WILLIAM GARNETT, M.A.
LATE FELLOW OF ST. JOHN’S COLLEGE, CAMBRIDGE PROFESSOR OF NATURAL PHILOSOPHY IN UNIVERSITY COLLEGE, NOTTINGHAM
WITH THREE STEEL PORTRAITS, COLOURED PLATES, ETC.
London MACMILLAN AND CO.
1882
And so thou wast made perfect! Not a friend Might step between thee and the sore distress Which thou with strong and patient godliness Enduredst uncomplaining to the end. Heroic saint! Bright sufferer! Thou dost lend To science a new glory. Midst the press Of boasters, all thy meek-eyed fame confess, And worldlings thine unworldliness commend. Shine on, pure spirit! Though we see thee not, Even in thy passage thou hast purged away The fogs of earth-born doubt and sense-bound thought From hearts that followed thine all-piercing ray. And while thou sourest far from human view, Even thy faint image shall our strength renew.