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great talent and his cultivated understanding, has 
enriched his native country by many splendid 
and touching works of Art. Of the latter kind 
I will only mention his pathetic monument of the 
two children in Lichfield Cathedral, where Truth 
and Nature eloquently, though silently, awaken 
imagination and sensibility. It is of the same 
class with Banks’ monument to Sir Brook Booth- 
by’s daughter, in Ashbourn Church ; and in these 
monuments, England may be said to possess two 
of the most touching pieces of Sculpture in the 
world. 
Of the other kind, Manchester is so fortunate 
as to be possessed of one of Chantry’s best works 
of Art, in the statue of Dr. Darron. It is suf- 
ficiently like, to gratify the affections of his more 
personal friends, whilst the intellectual qualities 
of the Founder of modern chemistry, are suitably 
embodied in marble, so as to correspond with his 
reputation amongst his countrymen and amongst 
Foreign Nations. As a favourite work of one 
of the most eminent of Modern Sculptors, it will 
always rank deservedly high ; and the fame of our 
estimable and distinguished President, and that 
of Chantry, will descend together in this honour- 
able memorial to posterity. 
