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      MR . LOCKE ' S MONUME NT * To the Editor of the Monthly Repository . I am very glad to observe , that the repdrt ofyourcorf& * spondent Ainicus , p . 82 , concerning the present ruinous state of Mr . Locke's Monument * has excited the attention of your

      readers , as appears by the two valuable letters which appeared in your last number * I rejoice , too * to find that your ingenious correspondent Ldicus yet preserves a fragment of Locke ' s ifrantle safe from the depredations of the rats and liioths td which the place frbrii whence he dates is peculiarly liable . I as to

      am not , however * so saftguine ^ hope with him , that thosS tvho now occupy € C the chief seats in the synagogue" will" ever trotible themselves about erecting the statue ^ of even garnishing the sepulchre of this righteoiis man * No i the times are hard , aiid the money which wcjuld be wanted for theso purposes has already been expended in paying the debtSj and providing a monument for our late " heaven-born minister "**~ a minister

      who not only exploded the principles of Locke / ' but held both them , and " the political disciples of his school / ' in uttei * detestation ! * How inconsistent would it appear , for the same inen to eredt ihonuments or statues to persons of such truly op * fcosite principles ?

      If ever any sildi marks of respect sire paid to the itiettlory of this truly great man , this real ornament to his country , they must originate with some well-disposed individuals his ad mi * * ers and disciples . They mxist set it on foot by their laudabld exertions * atld by calling upon tfye friends of freedom in general for their support * But your New Correspondent" is per- ^ fectly i * ightin asserting , that the <* Works of Locke * ' are hid inost durable as well as honourable monument * To re-publish thesfe in a correct elegatit manner ^ and to promote the circii * lation of them as widely as bossible , would be the most useful

      and rational means of preserving his memory , and " doing away the national reproach / 3 Which Laicits metitiotis * Let Senates or Universities erect statties j but let philosophers and patriots republish useful Works * These will endure ^ when

      marble and . fulsothe inscriptions are moulderitig into dust * Tha ingenuity of the sciilptor affords a tratisietit pleasure and adiiiiration , but the inteltcetuat labours of a Wise and good man dii > fuse knowledge / virtue , and happiness throughout the world j

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    • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), June 2, 1806, page 286, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct1725/page/6/