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    68 The Rev . S . Clark—Eclectic Review *

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    pears from his letters to have been well acquainted with Mr . Burgh , the author of " Political Disquisitions /* and Mrs . Macaulay ; in a letter to her he gives a particular account of tfye suddei ^ death of Mr . Thomas Hollis , with whom- he also seems to have been in habits of intercourse * I remain , Sir , your ' s , Jan . 7 y 1807 . Laicus .

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    THE REV . S . CLARK—ECLECTIC REVIEW . To the Editor of the Monthly Repository .

    Sir , I was glad to see in your number for Deceiober * , the memoirs of the Rev . Mr . Clark , of Birmingham . I believe all who knew him will assent to the justice of the character there given him . The writer , I presume , will not be offended if , to the account of his few publications , you should add that he was the editor of Dr . Doddridge ' s Lectures , and that he executed that important office with great industry and judgment , as his own modest advertisement prefixed will sufficiently shew . It is dated January 31 , 1763 .

    But I should not have troubled you with this note , bad it not been for an uncandid and unjust reflection upon Mr . Clark e as well as upon the Academy of which he was a tutor , in a late number of the Eclectic Review , in the article on the Life of Dr . Priestley , p . 934 . I shall not think it worth my while to animadvert upon the whole passage respecting the EXaventry Academy , nor shall I attempt a vindication of the method of education there pursued , according to Dr . Doddridge ' s plan * Such expressions as , " the rank weeds of that rotten bed "CQ in such a polluted soil , and amidst the mephytic exhalations , no holy dispositions can possibly flourish , " &c . deserve nothing but contempt . The passage I meant particularly to notice is

    what relates to Mr . Clark , which contains , however , no friendly insinuation respecting the other worthy tutor . It is this : * On leaving Dr . Ashworth and his Arian colleague , Mr . Priestley settled /* &c . For what purpose was this frightful name , Arian , applied to Mr . Clark , but to fix a stigma upon his character * and upon that of his worthy colleague ! So , other excellent and candid men have been stigmatized by bigots , among whom may be mentioned the amiable Dr . Watts , and with equally just reason . Give me leave to tell this illiberal Reviewer * through your channel , that Mr . Clark was no Arian . This

    * Vol . I . p . 617 .

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1807, page 68, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2377/page/12/