I mean-that I have the capacity of being more wicked than any example that man could set me, and that if I escape, it is only by God's grace. (James Clerk Maxwell)

I mean-that I have the capacity of being more wicked than any example that man could set me, and that if I escape, it is only by God's grace.

James Clerk Maxwell

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