"This life affords no solid satisfaction, but in the consciousness of having done well, and the hopes of another life."
— John Locke

January 1, 1970

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Letter to Anthony Collins (23 August 1704), in The Works of John Locke, Vol. X (London, 1823), p. 298; quoted by William Julius Mickle in Voltain in the Shades (London, 1770), p. 7