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that while this was a matter of taste, the difference 

 between the plain and the luxurious table was 

 uniformly dispensed in charity. He has also been 

 supposed by some who think that science should 

 disown religion, to have been intolerant as well as 

 orthodox. The contrary was true. And in par- 

 ticular, the mutual admiration and regard for one 

 another of two such men as Maxwell and Clifford, 

 notwithstanding their profound divergence of opinion 

 on subjects of human interest, deserves to be quoted 

 as an honourable exception to the narrow exclusive- 

 ness which has been too prevalent alike in the 

 Christian and the anti-Christian world. 1 



He never sought for fame, but with sacred devo- 

 tion continued in mature life the labours which had 

 been his spontaneous delight in boyhood. Yet, con- 

 sidering the high region in which he worked, he 

 received a large measure of recognition even in his 

 lifetime. The Rumford Medal, conferred in 1860, was 

 the first of a long list of honours, which up to his 

 last year continued to accumulate from all parts of the 

 civilised world. 2 And some of those who had an eye 



1 About the year 1860 I remember discussing with him J. 

 Macleod Campbell's book on the Atonement, which had lately 

 appeared. He made some criticisms, which I have forgotten, but I 

 remember the emphatic tone in which he said, " We want light." 



2 In 1870 Maxwell received the honorary degree of LL.D. in the 

 University of Edinburgh; on llth November 1874 he was elected 

 Foreign Honorary Member of the American Academy of Arts and 

 Sciences of Boston ; on 15th October 1875, Member of the American 

 Philosophical Society of Philadelphia ; on 4th December 1875, Corre- 

 sponding Member of the Eoyal Society of Sciences of Gottingen ; on 

 21st June 1876 he received the honorary degree of D.C.L. at Oxford ; 



