An address on the life and character of the late professor John Locke : delivered at the request of the Cincinnati Medical Society / by M.B. Wright.

  • Wright, M. B. (Marmaduke Burr), 1803-1879.
Date:
[1857]
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Credit: An address on the life and character of the late professor John Locke : delivered at the request of the Cincinnati Medical Society / by M.B. Wright. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    Yet lie deemed it important, on all suitable occa- sions, to impress upon the minds of his pupils the great principles of religion—the existence and attributes of Deity—the expediency and necessity of cultivating social virtues. Open your school, then, that it may be patronized by all denominations, said Dr. Ruter, and great good will be the result. Dr. Locke's School very soon acquired high rep- utation. With him teaching was less an occupation than a pleasure. He was always accessible, always ready with an explanation. His instructions were given with conversational ease and perspicuity that seldom failed to remove timidity and to reach the dullest comprehension. He was singularly gifted in illustrations, and with the faculty of selecting those which captivated the feelings while they convinced the understanding. When least expected a question out- side of their studies would be put to the scholars and an immediate answer requested. This plan was adopted with a view to cultivate quickness of thought. On one occasion he addressed the scholars in a seem- ingly hurried and impatient manner, with this interro- gation: Young ladies, on what day of the month does the Fourth of July come? Not one of the entire school answered the question. All had gone beyond the near and simple fact, and were exercising their minds upon some imaginary abstruse problem. For some months preceding his fatal illness Dr. Locke gave instruction to some classes in the Wes- leyan Female Institute. To him this was a happy