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Foreign News
September 30, 1785
Fowle's New Hampshire Gazette And General Advertiser
Portsmouth, Rockingham County, New Hampshire
What is this article about?
Frederick the Great grants permission for a monument honoring Leibnitz, Sulzer, and Lambert in Berlin's square facing his library, in response to Professor Muchlar's request. Dated April 24, 1785, from Potsdam.
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July 12. Some friends and protectors of the sciences having formed a design to erect a monument in honour of Leibnitz, Sulzer, and Lambert; his Prussian majesty has been pleased to assign a site in Berlin for this testimony of the public administration. The following is a copy of the answer given by Frederick the Great to professor Muchlar on this occasion.
-The monuments erected in honour of great men, were, in ancient times a stimulus to the emulation of posterity. A baron de Leibnitz, a Sulzer, a Lambert, deserve, no less than the sages of antiquity, that their memory should have the same honours, and their merits be transmitted to the most distant ages. Perhaps likewise those marks of distinction may rouse in some a spirit to rival them in their own way. In this hope, and in order to gratify your request of yesterday, I grant you permission to raise a trophy to their honour, adorned with statues and medallions of them. The most proper place for this purpose appears to me to be in the middle of the square facing my great library, I therefore permit you to erect it there. In consequence you may apply to lieutenant general Molendorf, governor of Berlin, who will receive from your gracious sovereign the necessary orders for expediting the permission.
Potsdam, April 24, 1785.
(Signed)
FREDERICK.
-The monuments erected in honour of great men, were, in ancient times a stimulus to the emulation of posterity. A baron de Leibnitz, a Sulzer, a Lambert, deserve, no less than the sages of antiquity, that their memory should have the same honours, and their merits be transmitted to the most distant ages. Perhaps likewise those marks of distinction may rouse in some a spirit to rival them in their own way. In this hope, and in order to gratify your request of yesterday, I grant you permission to raise a trophy to their honour, adorned with statues and medallions of them. The most proper place for this purpose appears to me to be in the middle of the square facing my great library, I therefore permit you to erect it there. In consequence you may apply to lieutenant general Molendorf, governor of Berlin, who will receive from your gracious sovereign the necessary orders for expediting the permission.
Potsdam, April 24, 1785.
(Signed)
FREDERICK.
What sub-type of article is it?
Court News
What keywords are associated?
Monument
Leibnitz
Sulzer
Lambert
Frederick The Great
Berlin
Prussian Majesty
What entities or persons were involved?
Frederick The Great
Professor Muchlar
Leibnitz
Sulzer
Lambert
Lieutenant General Molendorf
Where did it happen?
Berlin
Foreign News Details
Primary Location
Berlin
Event Date
April 24, 1785
Key Persons
Frederick The Great
Professor Muchlar
Leibnitz
Sulzer
Lambert
Lieutenant General Molendorf
Outcome
permission granted to erect a monument with statues and medallions in the square facing the great library; apply to governor for orders.
Event Details
Friends of sciences plan monument for Leibnitz, Sulzer, and Lambert. Frederick the Great responds to Professor Muchlar, approving site in Berlin and expressing hope it inspires emulation.