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Address To The Masonic Body, And Public In General.
ADDRESS TO THE MASONIC BODY , AND PUBLIC IN GENERAL .
IT is the practice of the Editors of many new Works to usher hem into th . world with a long , pompous and laboured Address forth their First Numberas having attained
t the Public , setting , at once the v ^ ry Acm 6 of perfection in all its points ; thereby inconsiderately , though naturally , damping the literary Mind , vhich expects to find a periodical Publication reach Perfection only by that progressive state of Excellence , which the experience wtth the taste of the
of proper subjects , and a better acquaintance times , shall entitle it to . It is one principal source of failure to many Workswhicharebroug ht forwards with an exceedingly good intention , that the Proprietors so greatly anticipate or mislead , by their indiscriminate praises , the op inion of a . Reader , as to render , in a great measure , nugatory , the exercise of his own judgment-that exclusive and peculiar privilege wtth winch M AN
alone is endowed . Others , again , are of a contrary opinion ; they object , on the score oi formality , to any necessity of holding forth their productions to the attention of the World , on the plea , that it must be a itselfand theseeither
bad Work which cannot recommend ; , from motives of false delicacy , or what is worse disrespect to their Friends , nay even to the very Work they wish to bring publicity , deny it those common advantages which are absolutely necessary for its free distribution amongst Mankind ..
In-order , therefore , to prevent our falling into either of the above extremes , or being guilty of that disrespect , which would attach on our want of a proper confidence in our Friends and Well-wishers ; -Wepresumeto introduceTHis , ourBANTUNC , to the notice of the Public in general , and of the Masonic Order m
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Address To The Masonic Body, And Public In General.
ADDRESS TO THE MASONIC BODY , AND PUBLIC IN GENERAL .
IT is the practice of the Editors of many new Works to usher hem into th . world with a long , pompous and laboured Address forth their First Numberas having attained
t the Public , setting , at once the v ^ ry Acm 6 of perfection in all its points ; thereby inconsiderately , though naturally , damping the literary Mind , vhich expects to find a periodical Publication reach Perfection only by that progressive state of Excellence , which the experience wtth the taste of the
of proper subjects , and a better acquaintance times , shall entitle it to . It is one principal source of failure to many Workswhicharebroug ht forwards with an exceedingly good intention , that the Proprietors so greatly anticipate or mislead , by their indiscriminate praises , the op inion of a . Reader , as to render , in a great measure , nugatory , the exercise of his own judgment-that exclusive and peculiar privilege wtth winch M AN
alone is endowed . Others , again , are of a contrary opinion ; they object , on the score oi formality , to any necessity of holding forth their productions to the attention of the World , on the plea , that it must be a itselfand theseeither
bad Work which cannot recommend ; , from motives of false delicacy , or what is worse disrespect to their Friends , nay even to the very Work they wish to bring publicity , deny it those common advantages which are absolutely necessary for its free distribution amongst Mankind ..
In-order , therefore , to prevent our falling into either of the above extremes , or being guilty of that disrespect , which would attach on our want of a proper confidence in our Friends and Well-wishers ; -Wepresumeto introduceTHis , ourBANTUNC , to the notice of the Public in general , and of the Masonic Order m