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THE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN LOCKE AND LIMBORCH, TRANSLATED, WITH HISTORICAL 'NOTES.
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wot having declared for Sir William Yonge > 1 have little knowledge of him ; have not the most distant obligation to him ; am no way inclined to meddle with election matters , ( being , I think , wholly unqualified , ) nor was I ever asked for my vote by him . I love to be quiet , to disoblige none , nor make enemies of any , which I
cannot help doing if I interfere . I imist add also , that 1 perfectly disapprove of the measures taken on all sides in this borough to procure votes , which are scandalous and illegal , and have a tendency to nothing but the
debauching th # manners of the people , and entailing poverty on them and their posterity . I cannot , therefore , with honour act , and 1 intend to give nay voice for none of the candidates . However , Sir William has always bad
my best wishes . I have no way prejudiced him , though I could have done it more than most here , and he
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The Correspondence between Locke and Limborch , 1685—1704 . ( Continued from p . 88 . ) * No . 5 . John Locke to Philip a Limborch . Rotterdam , Mar * 8 , 1687 . Most revered , beloved and admiaed frirnd ,
WITHOUT referring to the doctrine of fate and absolute predestination , I have experienced how the beginnings of transgression insensibly produce a necessity of offending . Urgent business of another kind prevented my answering your friendly letters of the 9 th and 14 th February , as soon as I received them . But
though the conclusion of that business , by the departure for England of the person with whom I was engaged , seems to afford me leisure enough for writing letters , yet I cannot find my
accustomed liberty of composition . Hindered by other affairs I have had the misfortune , unconsciously , to fall into this crime of silence , till it has increased by time , as shame has , at tiki' convinced me . Thus it is , that
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will have the voices of almost all who are undeir obligations to myself and uncle , the number of which is not small . I know not what your Lordship may think of these reasons : they seem to me at present conclusive , and my conduct must be regulated by them * I have neither ambition to
gratify , nor avarice to satiate . Happy in obscurity , I want nothing , I desire nothing ; all 1 aim at is to live independently , to act uprightly , and promote truth , virtue and liberty , by every honest and honourable method . Pardon , my Lord , this freedom in an
old acquaintance , used , as you well know , from early youth to speak his mind , and yet untaught to flatter I and believe me to be , with great truth , Your Lordship ' s , &c . Sent to Lard Barrinyton > December 1 , 1753 .
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once ensnared , we accumulate transgressions , and the diffident and the daring are equally entangled in their vices . You see in what a condition I am , and unless you would have me
believe that all things occur by unchangeable necessity , you ought to overlook this my neglect , that our former free intercourse may be renewed .
Concerning the German theology of the Fathers , I am entirely of your opinion . There always was , and always will be a large number of German writers , and there are few among such a multitude , who do not discover that they were born in the same climate . But it is no wonder that I
think like you on this subject . I will confess farther , that I have consulted your secret characters , and that you have observed this . Be on your guard , and , above all , excuse my silence , lest I sliould tease you with loquacity , since you find me possessed of your secrets . 4 i Scire volunt secretadomus "
You know what , follows , * ' atque iii&e timeri" These magical , powers are , indeed , to tte little trusted , as too plain ,
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l 60 The Correspondence between Locke and Limborch , translated
The Correspondence Between Locke And Limborch, Translated, With Historical 'Notes.
THE CORRESPONDENCE BETWEEN LOCKE AND LIMBORCH , TRANSLATED , WITH HISTORICAL ' NOTES .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), March 2, 1818, page 160, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2474/page/8/
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