SHAKESPEARES BONES. HE sentiment which flecks survivors in thc
disposition of their dcnd, and which is, in one regard,
asuperstition, is, in another, a creditable outcoirle of our
comnlon huinanitv nnmcly, thc dcsirc to lronour the memory of
departed Eannr. i 1s Uhalfol t present thoogh at Shcrllurii Ca.
tle, bursct Iattvl. 11111 gentlemens C R K C T I I X . our.
Chalfont. prevent. hrough. later one. h i e . gentlelnans. of pent
men, and remove tlleln to n mare nrnng 11ru lrlurc honourable
resting-place. The Rdtcl dcs lnvalides at I1aris, and the Basilica
of Sail Lorenzo Fuori le AIura at Kame, arc indebted to this
sentiment for the possession of relics which make those edifices
the natural resort of pilgrims ns of sight-seers. It were a work of
superfluity to adduce further illustration of Scc Thr Thres, July
14 and August 8, 1881. n SHAKESPEARES BONES., H s E e ntiment which
affects survivors in thc disposition of their dead, and which is,
in one regard, n superstition, is, in another, a creditn1 lr
outcome of our colnrnon humanity namely, the dcsirc to honour the
inernory of departed vorth, and to guard thc h llowed reliqucs by
thc erection of n shrine, both 3s a visil li mark of respect for
the dcnd, and its a place of resort for ilxr i e pilgrin sw ho may
come to pay him tribute. rt is this scntiincnt vr. hicil dots our
gxnveyards witIi rrcrnori d ta1 Iets and more a nbitious
sculptures, and which stilI prescrvcs so many of our closed
churchyards from desecration, and its ancient tombs from the
molestation of careless, curious, or rncrcennry persons. But thcre
is nnotl er sentiment, not inconsistent with this, which prompts
us, on suitnblc occasions, to disinter the remains ofgreat men, and
remore them 10 a more fiiting and more iionourabIe resting-place.
The Hiitei des Inralides at Paris, and the Basilica of San Lorenzo
ITuori le urn at Rome, arc indebted to this sentiment for the
possessio o f relics vhich make those edificcs the natural resort
of liilgims as of sight-sccrs. It . ere a work of superfluity to
adducc furthcr illustration of See The iriwes, July rq and August
8, 1Y8r n the position that the mere exhumation and reinterment of
a great mans remzins, is commonly heId to be, in special cases, a
justifiable proceeding, not a violation of that honourable
sentiment of humanity, which protects and consecrates the
depositaries of the dead. On a late occasion it was not the belief
that such a proceeding is a violation of our more sacred instincts
which hindered the removal to Pennsylvania of the remains of
JTilIiam Penn but simply the bdief that they had already n more
suitable resting-place in his native land. There is still another
sentiment, honourable in itself and not inconsistent with those
lrhich I have specified, though still more conditional upon the
sufficiency of the reasons conducing to the act namely, the desire,
by exhumation, to set at rest 4 reasonctble or important issue
respecting the person of the deceased while he was yet a living
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