Part III Poems, "On St. David's Day. To Mrs. E. C. Morrieson." (March 1, 1854)
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Ask no more, then, "what is best,
How shall those you love be blest,"
Ask at once eternal Rest,
Peace and assurance giving.
Rest of Life and not of death,
Rest in Love and Hope and Faith,
Til the God who gives their breath
Calls them to rest from living.
— James Clerk Maxwell
What It Means
This is a placeholder explanation generated by the low-overhead model. It interprets "Ask no more, then, "what is best,
How shall those you love be blest,"
Ask at once eternal Rest,
Peace and assurance giving.
Rest of Life and not of death,
Rest in Love and Hope and Faith,
Til the God who gives their breath
Calls them to rest from living." in the context of "Part III Poems, "On St. David's Day. To Mrs. E. C. Morrieson." (March 1, 1854)" to mean that wisdom is timeless.
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Quotations from The Life of James Clerk Maxwell (1882) by Lewis Campbell and William Garnett, Full text online.)
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About James Clerk Maxwell
James Clerk Maxwell (13 June 1831 – 5 November 1879) was a Scottish mathematical physicist, who formulated the classical theory of electromagnetic radiation, bringing together for the first time electricity, magnetism, and light as manifestations of the same phenomenon.
About James Clerk Maxwell
James Clerk Maxwell (13 June 1831 – 5 November 1879) was a Scottish mathematical physicist, who formulated the classical theory of electromagnetic radiation, bringing together for the first time electricity, magnetism, and light as manifestations of the same phenomenon.
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