THE LATE WILLIAM CLARKE.
fTo THE EDITOR OF THE " SPECTATOR:1 Sra,—I think that readers of the Spectator may like to read the inscription which has been placed on the tombstone which marks the grave of William Clarke in the cemetery at Mostar, in Herzegovina. It is as follows
IN CHRIST° SITVS EST LONGE AB OBIS PATB.LkE GVLIELMVS CLARKE APVD CANTABRIGIENSES IN ANGLIA. ARTIVX MAGD3TER IVSTITIAE PALLS LIBERTA TIS AMATOR ET PROPVGNATOR NATVB IN VRBE NORVICIENSI
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OBDORMIVIT IN VRBE MOSTARIA A.D. VIII ID. MAI. A.S. M C31 I ANIXA.E IN PRIMES CANDIDAE INGENII MITIS AC PERIVCVNDI DILIGENTIAE IN VERITATE PERSCRVTANDA INDEPESSAE MONVMENTVX HOC PONENDVII CVRAVERVNT PATER SORORES BEATI MVNDO CORDE QVONLLM IPSI DEVX VIDEBVNT."
Leamington.
[Our readers will, we feel sure, be glad to read the scholarly inscription placed on the tombstone at Mostar- Mr. Clarke, known to many of them through his articles in the Spectator, was regarded with deep affection and respect by his devoted personal friends. A very large number of men and women to whom he was personally unknown also felt they owed him a deep debt of gratitude because of his writings. His mind was brilliant and acute, and he possessed in a high degree the sense of literature. What, however, marked him out as an exceptional man were not these characteristics, but his unfailing intellectual honesty. Beyond all things he loved the truth. The following is a translation of the inscription :—" Here, far from his native shores, lies buried in Christ, William Clarke, M.A., of the University of Cambridge, England, a lover and champion of justice, peace, and freedom. He was born at Norwich, November 22nd, 1852; died at Mostar, May 8th, 1901. His soul was singularly fresh and bright: his character gentle and genial : his devotion to truth stead- fast and unwearied. This monument has been erected by his father and sisters. Blessed are the pure in heart, for they shall see God.' "—ED. Spectator.]
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