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Article TO HIS ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCE OF WALES, ← Page 2 of 2 Article ESSAY ON PRUDENCE. Page 1 of 5 →
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To His Royal Highness The Prince Of Wales,
faction at the union which -you have formed , would , perhaps , be in us an undue pretension . We cannot , however , but be proudly conscious , Sir , that we possess a title beyond what any other class of men can advance to approach you , upon an occasion like the present , with a tender of our particular duty . When Your Royal Hig hness deigned so far to honour the Craft as to accept the trust of presiding over us ,
the " condescension not only authorised but demanded from all and each pf us a peculiar sensibility to whatever mig ht concern your welfare : and the ties of Brotherhood with which you invested yourself in becoming one of our number , entitle us to 'express , without fear of incurring any charge of presumption , the satisfaction we feel at contemplating such an accession to the prospects of the nation * and to those-of your-own felicity .
That the interests . of Your Royal Hig hness and those ofthe British people may ever continue as strictly united as we feel them in this most auspicious occurrence , is the warmest wish of those who hold It the hig hest honour to have your name enrolled in the records . of their Institution .
To the obligations which the Brethren already owe to you , Sir , it will be a material addition if you will render acceptable to your Royal Consort the humble homage pf our veneration , and of our prayers for every possible blessing upon your union . By the unanimous Order of the Grand Lodge ,
L . S . ¦ MOIRA , A . G . M . W * i . WHITE , G . S . '
Essay On Prudence.
ESSAY ON PRUDENCE .
WITH AN ENGRAVING .
PRUDENCE is the art of chusing ; and Johnson defines it to , be ; . Wisdom applied to Practice . A" person is prudent , when among several objects he knows how to distinguish that which merits the preference . Now prudence has a twofold office : it instructs the understanding , and regulates the will ; it determines us in regard to speculative as well as practical maxims . By prudence the mind is kept upon its guard against prejudice and precip itation . Guided by this sage Minerva , she gives , to those dogmas'that are proposed to her , an assent proportioned to their degree
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
To His Royal Highness The Prince Of Wales,
faction at the union which -you have formed , would , perhaps , be in us an undue pretension . We cannot , however , but be proudly conscious , Sir , that we possess a title beyond what any other class of men can advance to approach you , upon an occasion like the present , with a tender of our particular duty . When Your Royal Hig hness deigned so far to honour the Craft as to accept the trust of presiding over us ,
the " condescension not only authorised but demanded from all and each pf us a peculiar sensibility to whatever mig ht concern your welfare : and the ties of Brotherhood with which you invested yourself in becoming one of our number , entitle us to 'express , without fear of incurring any charge of presumption , the satisfaction we feel at contemplating such an accession to the prospects of the nation * and to those-of your-own felicity .
That the interests . of Your Royal Hig hness and those ofthe British people may ever continue as strictly united as we feel them in this most auspicious occurrence , is the warmest wish of those who hold It the hig hest honour to have your name enrolled in the records . of their Institution .
To the obligations which the Brethren already owe to you , Sir , it will be a material addition if you will render acceptable to your Royal Consort the humble homage pf our veneration , and of our prayers for every possible blessing upon your union . By the unanimous Order of the Grand Lodge ,
L . S . ¦ MOIRA , A . G . M . W * i . WHITE , G . S . '
Essay On Prudence.
ESSAY ON PRUDENCE .
WITH AN ENGRAVING .
PRUDENCE is the art of chusing ; and Johnson defines it to , be ; . Wisdom applied to Practice . A" person is prudent , when among several objects he knows how to distinguish that which merits the preference . Now prudence has a twofold office : it instructs the understanding , and regulates the will ; it determines us in regard to speculative as well as practical maxims . By prudence the mind is kept upon its guard against prejudice and precip itation . Guided by this sage Minerva , she gives , to those dogmas'that are proposed to her , an assent proportioned to their degree