309 man born blind, ibid. doubts concerning Mr. his opinion of the difference recommend's Dr.St.George Afhe to Mr. Locke, 341 345 approves Mr. Locke's de- 353 treatise on fevers, relates his child's great 462 his great value for Mr. his Letter to Mr. Locke, N. philofophy, not Edward's writings, 3 Nadvanced into a fcience, 185, intreats Mr. Locke, to let him have his picture, 381 his remarkson Dr.Bentley's &c. how a good acquaintance Rhetoric, how it may be beft learn ed by young men, Riding the great horfe, how far it may be useful, 192 OBSTINACX, to be feverely Rules Thould not be multiplied to corrected in children, whence learned mens obsti nacy in controverfy proceeds, 436 .P. children, 45 S. (or liftlefs careless PARENTS, fhould early fettle Sness), how to be prevented, authority over children, 33,34 fhould make their children familiar with them, as they grow up, 88, &c. Phyfic, never to be given to children by way of prevention, 25, 26 Play-things, children fhould not have many at once, 124, 105 fhould make them for themselves, 125 Punishment to be avoided, as far as poffible, in educating children, 35, &c. less need of it, than is commonly thought, R. 60 119, &c. Self-denial, children fhould be enured to it betimes, 36 Sergeant, a popifh priest, his abfurd way of writing against Mr. Locke's effay, Shame, children fhould early, be 439 taught to be affected with it, 43 Short-hand (writing) very ufeful, 151 Sleep, how it is to be indulged or reftrained, in children, 20, &c. Species, Mr. Locke's notion of it explained, 305 Spirits (good ones), their nature fhould be fought out, before that of bodies, 182.-The reafon of this, 183.-The knowledge of bible, them is beft learned from the ibid. Spirits (or goblins), children should be carefully kept from ill im. preffions concerning them, 129 State, an happy one, in this world, is having a found mind in a found body, 6 Stomach, of fome, by conftant use, fet like a larum, Stool, going to it regularly, how to 16 be procured, 23, &c. Vid. coftiveness. Strait-laced, the ill effects of children's being fo. Synge (Mr. Edward), author of the gentleman's religion, 370 his letter to Dr. Quayl, about diftinguishing a cube, &c. by one born blind, 371 TASK, SIR, Mr. LOCKE to Dr. MOLYNEUX. Oates, Oct. 27, 1698. DEATH has, with a violent hand, hastily snatched from you a dear brother. I doubt not but, on this occasion, you need all the consolation can be given to one unexpectedly bereft of so worthy and near a relation. Whatever inclination I may have to alleviate your sorrow, I bear too great a share in the loss, and am too sensibly touched with it myself, to be in a condition to discourse you on this subject, or do any thing but mingle my tears with yours. I have lost, in your brother, not only an ingenious and learned acquaintance, that all the world esteemed; but an intimate and sincere friend, whom I truly loved, and by whom I was truly loved: and what a loss that is, those only can be sensible who know how valuable, and how scarce, a true friend is, and how far to be preferred to all other sorts of treasure. He has left a son, who I know was dear to him, and deserved to be so as much as was possible, for one of his age. I cannot think myself wholly incapacitated from paying some of the affection and service that was due from me to my dear friend, as long as he has a child, or a brother, in the world. If, therefore, there be any thing, at this distance, wherein I, in my little sphere, may be able to serve your nephew or you, I beg you, by the memory of our deceased friend, to let me know it, that you may see that one who loved him so well, cannot but be tenderly concerned for his son, nor be otherwise than I am, SIR, Your most humble, and most affectionate servant, JOHN LOCKE. Dr. SIR, Dr. MOLYNEUX to Mr. LoCKE. Dublin, Nov. 26, 1698. AS you have a true sense of every thing, so you were very much in the right, when you tell me, in the letter you favoured me with of the 27th of last month, that I needed all the consolation could be given one that had lost so unexpectedly a dear and only brother. His death. indeed has been a severe affliction to me; and though I have you, and many more, that bear a great share with me in my sorrow, yet this does no way alleviate it, but makes it fall the heavier upon me; for it doubles my grief to think what an unspeakable loss he must be to so near a relation, that is so much lamented by those that were only acquainted with him. I could not believe that mortality could have made so deep an impression on me, whose profession leads into so thorough a familiarity with it; but I find a passionate affection surmounts all this, and the "tecum obeam lubens," though it was the expression of a poet, yet I am sensible was a very natural one, where we love extremely, and the indians prove it no less in fact.. Could any outward circumstance of his life have increased that brotherly affection I had for him, it must have been that he had so great a part in your friendship, who must be allowed to have a nice judgment in discerning the true characters and worth of men. He frequently, in his life-time, has expressed to me with great complacency of mind, how happy he thought himself in your acquaintance; and he spoke of you several times, during his short sickness, with great respect. With his own hand he has writ this clause in his will; "I give and bequeath to my excellent friend John "Locke, esq. author of the Essay concerning Human "Understanding, the sum of five pounds, to buy him "a ring, in memory of the value and esteem I had for This I shall take care to send you in a bill by him. HHS by Mr. Churchill's hands, when he states the account as it stands between him and my brother. The only child he has left behind him is under my care and management. I shall endeavour to discharge this trust, with all the regard to my brother's memory, and the advantage of his child, I can: but it grieves me to think, that I must surely fall very much short of that extraordinary application and prudence his father would have shown in his education; for he made it the chiefest, and indeed the only business of his life. I have made his little son as sensible as his tender age would allow, how much he is obliged to you, his father's friend, for your earnest desire to serve him: I wish you may both prolong your lives so, as he may one day be more thankful and capable of your kindness, by profiting much from your good instructions and advice. And since you so earnestly press me, by the memory of your deceased friend, to let you know wherein you might oblige me, I will venture to break the bounds of modesty so far, as to tell you I should be extremely pleased to receive from yourself the last edition of your incomparable Essay of Human Undertstanding, and such other pieces of your works as you shall think fit; for all which, as I have a great esteem, so I should have a more particular regard coming from yourself, as a private memorial of my dear brother's friend, and of a person for whom I have such an extraordinary value, as I shall ever be proud of owning myself, SIR, Your truly affectionate humble servant, THO. MOLYNEUX. Mr. |