I believe, with the Westminster Divines and their predecessors ad Infinitum that "Man's chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy him for ever." That … - James Clerk Maxwell

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I believe, with the Westminster Divines and their predecessors ad Infinitum that "Man's chief end is to glorify God and to enjoy him for ever." That for this end to every man has been given a progressively increasing power of communication with other creatures. That with his powers his susceptibilities increase. That happiness is indissolubly connected with the full exercise of these powers in their intended direction. That Happiness and Misery must inevitably increase with increasing Power and Knowledge. That the translation from the one course to the other is essentially miraculous, while the progress is natural. But the subject is too high. I will not, however, stop short, but proceed to Intellectual Pursuits.

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About James Clerk Maxwell

(13 June 1831 – 5 November 1879) was a Scottish mathematical physicist, who formulated the classical theory of , bringing together for the first time electricity, magnetism, and light as manifestations of the same phenomenon.

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But listen, what harmony holy Is mingling its notes with our own!
The discord is vanishing slowly, And melts in that dominant tone.
And they that have heard it can never Return to confusion again,
Their voices are music for ever, And join in the mystical strain.

By the hollow mauntain-side Questions strange I shout for ever,
While echoes far and wide Seem to mock my vain endeavour; Still I shout, for though they never
Cast my borrowed voice aside, Words from empty words they sever—
Words of Truth from words of Pride.

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