TO PROFESSOR LEWIS
CAMPBELL.
Glenlair, Dalbeattie, 3d November 1868.
I have
given
considerable
thought to the subject
of the [346] candidature, and have come to the decision not
to
stand.
The warm interest which you and other professors have taken in the
matter
has gratified me very much, and the idea of
following
Principal
Forbes had also a great effect on my feelings, as well as the prospect
of residing among friends; but I still feel that my proper
path
does
not lie in that direction.—Your afft. friend,
J. CLERK MAXWELL.