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    "summary": "Locke traces ideas to sensation and reflection, then measures how far knowledge can reach without pretending to certainty. In politics he treats power as a trust grounded in consent and limited by rights, law and the public good.",
    "body": "John Locke died at Oates on 28 October 1704.",
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            "name": "Oates, High Laver",
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            "description": "Final residence with Sir Francis and Damaris Masham, and place of death.",
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