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    MONUMpNT TO JOHN LOCK ? . To the Editor of the Monthly Repository . Sir , Whilst senates are voting monuments to perpetuate the memory of warriors and statesmen , some of whose lives have been employed in destroying the liberties of their country , and in spreading war and devastation throughout the world , it

    surely becomes the friends of peace , liberty , philosophy , and Christianity , to be equally careful to perpetuate the memory of those illustrious departed whose lives and whose writings proclaim them to be the best friends of the human race . Such righte- *

    ous persons ought in every respect to <« be had m everlasting remembrance . " This reflection suggested itself to my mind during a walk I lately took in the jchurch-yard of the neighbouring village of High Laver , in which are deposited the remains of the celebrated John Locke , but whose tomb ,

    consisting of brick , covered with a common flat stoiie , is much out of repair , and which , if not prevented , will shortly be little else than a , heap of

    rubbish-I should not , however , have thought it worth while troubling you , Sir , or the public , merely respecting the propriety of replacing a few bricks , but I wish to suggest to those wtio venerate the memory of this truly great man , whether , a plain marble monument , at least , ought not to be raised over his is

    grave ? TJ ^ ere already an appropriate Latiu inscription , and which is still visible , on a small stone in the wall of the church , written by a friend of tiie deceased , and which perhaps ought to be preserved on any future monument . Should there be any of the descendants of Mr- Locke still living , I hope the above hint will be sufficient ; but if not , the admirers of his life and writings will I trust take up the matter as it deserves ; wjiich is indeed the jnore necessary , when attempts are m ^ de to undermine Mr * Locked reputation . I

    allude to a remark or the noble biographer qi Sir William Jones , wtiOj not very consistently when writing the life of such a friend to freedom , and wlio I hope very erroneously states , that the principles of Mr . Locke ' s excellent Treatise on Government , principles on which the British Constitution is founded ,

    " are now generally exploded /' Should a subscription be necessary for the purpose alluded tp , I have but little doubt that it will meet with due encourage * meat . liarlow , Feb . \ 5 . Amkju ^

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1806, page 81, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1721/page/25/