The Freemasons' Quarterly Review, and General Assurance AdvocateSherwood, Gilbert, and Piper, Paternoster-Row, 1849 |
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... lordship is no less distinguished for his prac- tical benevolence than by his exalted virtues . It may be asked , —Can a nobleman so gifted be a bad Mason ? We answer No. There is however , a marked distinction between weakness and vice ...
... lordship is no less distinguished for his prac- tical benevolence than by his exalted virtues . It may be asked , —Can a nobleman so gifted be a bad Mason ? We answer No. There is however , a marked distinction between weakness and vice ...
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... casual sym- pathy . This pleasure I hope , however , to accomplish at an early day . Your lordship , of course , duly received my former message , written when in Paris , last year , accompanying my resignation Quarterly Communication . 45.
... casual sym- pathy . This pleasure I hope , however , to accomplish at an early day . Your lordship , of course , duly received my former message , written when in Paris , last year , accompanying my resignation Quarterly Communication . 45.
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... lordship no doubt observed that I was actuated by no other motive than a desire , before embarking in a wider sphere of research , to absolve myself from all existing ties and masonic obligations - the charities excepted , which I shall ...
... lordship no doubt observed that I was actuated by no other motive than a desire , before embarking in a wider sphere of research , to absolve myself from all existing ties and masonic obligations - the charities excepted , which I shall ...
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... lordship will ever accuse me of any act derogatory to the character of a Mason whose only hope and prayer is , that all man- kind- " In every coast , in every clime " -may act up to the principles of Freemasonry , whether they call ...
... lordship will ever accuse me of any act derogatory to the character of a Mason whose only hope and prayer is , that all man- kind- " In every coast , in every clime " -may act up to the principles of Freemasonry , whether they call ...
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... lordship's farm , at Castle Hill , which is laid out on quite a new principle having been completed , his lordship invited a number of gentlemen , including the yeomanry of that neighbourhood , on Monday , to witness the improvements ...
... lordship's farm , at Castle Hill , which is laid out on quite a new principle having been completed , his lordship invited a number of gentlemen , including the yeomanry of that neighbourhood , on Monday , to witness the improvements ...
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Page 37 - Furthermore, (continues he,) the study of truth is perpetually joined with the love of virtue ; for there is no virtue which derives not its original from truth ; as, on the contrary, there is no vice which has not its beginning from a lie. Truth is the foundation of all knowledge, and the cement of all societies ; and this is one of the most shining qualities in our author.
Page 159 - No matter how poor I am ; no matter though the prosperous of my own time will not enter my obscure dwelling ; if the sacred writers will enter and take up their abode under my roof, if Milton will cross my threshold to sing to me of Paradise, and...
Page 159 - Shakespeare to open to me the worlds of imagination and the workings of the human heart, and Franklin to enrich me with his practical wisdom, I shall not pine for want of intellectual companionship, and I may become a cultivated man though excluded from what is called the best society in the place where I live.
Page 234 - Gratiano speaks an infinite deal of nothing, more than any man in all Venice. His reasons are as two grains of wheat hid in two bushels of chaff : you shall seek all day ere you find them, and when you have them, they are not worth the search.
Page 61 - That there is '' but this difference between the death of old men " and young men ; that old men go to death, and
Page 157 - That he that cannot forgive others breaks the bridge over which he must pass himself, for every man hath need to be forgiven.
Page 39 - Never put off till to-morrow what you can do to-day. 2. Never trouble another for what you can do yourself. 3. Never spend your money before you have it. 4. Never buy what you do not want, because it is cheap; it will be dear to you. 5. Pride costs us more than hunger, thirst and cold.
Page 14 - Their dances were procession. But now, alas ! they all are dead, Or gone beyond the seas, Or farther for religion fled, Or else to take their ease.
Page 264 - The wise and active conquer difficulties, By daring to attempt them. Sloth and folly Shiver and shrink at sight of toil and hazard, And make th
Page 151 - But I know why: oh, yes, I can tell. The fact is, you're ashamed to let me know what a fool they've been making of you. That's it.