18 A BIOGRAPHICAL MEMOIR 



* Phosphore redde diem quid gaudia nostra moraris, 

 Phospliore redde diem ! ' " 



In editing Dr. Worthington's Diary, Mr. Crossley 

 is led to observe respecting Hartlib, (who in a letter 

 dated July 20, 1659, refers to some printed discourse 

 whicli lie designates " very lovely and desirable,") that 

 it was " doubtless, one which Hartlib had very much 

 at heart, some proposal or model for the establishment 

 of a philosophical college ; for at the time, projects of 

 this kind were very generally entertained." Evelyn 

 suggested forming a private society of this sort, a 

 desideratum to which constant reference is made 

 throughout Hartlib's correspondence.* 



Hartlib projected likewise the plan of a Philosophical 

 College to be designated Antlantis, of which he gives an 

 account in — " A Memorial for Advancement of Universal 

 Learning." Tor this object it was made public that "Mr. 

 John Dury, library keeper of St. James's, and Samuel 

 Hartlib, Esq., have accepted the trust of receiving and 

 disposing such sums of money, as well affected persons 

 and lovers of the public good shall be pleased to give." 

 This seems to have had attached to it the names of sub- 

 scribers approving " these pious and noble aims." But 



* Forty years later appeared " Proposals for raising a Colledge- 

 of Industry of all useful Trades and Husbandry, with profit for 

 the rich, and a plentiful Hving for the Poor." By John Bellers. 

 Pp. 28. 4to. 1696. 



