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Sketches Of The Manners And Customs Of The North-American Indians.
own interests , inclinations , and passions ; and to pass through this world with-as much ease and contentment as possible , without anv ' hopes of reward , or painful fear of punishment , in the next' In this state of mind they are when in prosperity , the happiest of mortals ; for nothing but personal or family calamities can disturb their tranquillitywhile misfortunes of the lesser kind sit li
, ght on them Like most other uncivilized people , they bear bodily pain with great fortitude , though in that respect I cannot think them equal to the Southern Indians . ¦ We have thus-followed Mr . Hearne through his account of his Travels among the Northern Indians ; and we are ready to confe s he has throughout afforded great pleas His
us ure . style is not that of a finished scholar ; but he is seldom verbose , never tedious- and he seems to possess one very great requisite in a traveller—a ' strict regard for TRUTH . The remainder of the Volume contains the natural history of some animals ; but as these can only be entertaining- to the naturalist , they are not noticed by us . ¦ 8 We cannot close this article ' without expressing our wishes that the Sketches we have extracted from this work , have afforded ourreadei . general entertainment . * 'eaaeis .
The Secrecy Imposed On The Mysteries Of Masonry,
THE SECRECY IMPOSED ON THE MYSTERIES OF MASONRY ,
CONSIDERED . I ^ HOSE who find a pleasure in endeavouring to traduce our excel-A lent Order , take what they consider as a strong post , when they attack the secrecy under which all our rites are veiled from + he v £ l ¦ " < * *~
gar eye . _ We are condemned for keeping the essentials of our Institution from the knowledge of those who are not members of it ; whSi it is said must prove them to be of a very bad nature and tendency else why are they not made public for the satisfaction of mankS * ' - K secrecy be a virtue ( thing yet denied
a never ) , can that be im tSeth l pitted to us as a crime , which has always been considered as m IT « man > ' th7ZuTce lence in l all ages ? Does sls not a traiior Solomol the man w 2 ? Sf " me * % 5 u S s " ' " V «> In conducting all worldly affairs , secrecy is not only essential hut absolutely necessary ; and was ever esteemed a quditjofX grLes [
SSfSiSEte¦Thus we find the great Feiielon makes Ulysses in the svsten . - _* education winch he delivers above to his f friends t 0 render for him hiso , 2 b «^ 5 ncere , arm laithful in keeping secrets ; a precept that ^ afterwards pro- ! 3 iw 2
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Sketches Of The Manners And Customs Of The North-American Indians.
own interests , inclinations , and passions ; and to pass through this world with-as much ease and contentment as possible , without anv ' hopes of reward , or painful fear of punishment , in the next' In this state of mind they are when in prosperity , the happiest of mortals ; for nothing but personal or family calamities can disturb their tranquillitywhile misfortunes of the lesser kind sit li
, ght on them Like most other uncivilized people , they bear bodily pain with great fortitude , though in that respect I cannot think them equal to the Southern Indians . ¦ We have thus-followed Mr . Hearne through his account of his Travels among the Northern Indians ; and we are ready to confe s he has throughout afforded great pleas His
us ure . style is not that of a finished scholar ; but he is seldom verbose , never tedious- and he seems to possess one very great requisite in a traveller—a ' strict regard for TRUTH . The remainder of the Volume contains the natural history of some animals ; but as these can only be entertaining- to the naturalist , they are not noticed by us . ¦ 8 We cannot close this article ' without expressing our wishes that the Sketches we have extracted from this work , have afforded ourreadei . general entertainment . * 'eaaeis .
The Secrecy Imposed On The Mysteries Of Masonry,
THE SECRECY IMPOSED ON THE MYSTERIES OF MASONRY ,
CONSIDERED . I ^ HOSE who find a pleasure in endeavouring to traduce our excel-A lent Order , take what they consider as a strong post , when they attack the secrecy under which all our rites are veiled from + he v £ l ¦ " < * *~
gar eye . _ We are condemned for keeping the essentials of our Institution from the knowledge of those who are not members of it ; whSi it is said must prove them to be of a very bad nature and tendency else why are they not made public for the satisfaction of mankS * ' - K secrecy be a virtue ( thing yet denied
a never ) , can that be im tSeth l pitted to us as a crime , which has always been considered as m IT « man > ' th7ZuTce lence in l all ages ? Does sls not a traiior Solomol the man w 2 ? Sf " me * % 5 u S s " ' " V «> In conducting all worldly affairs , secrecy is not only essential hut absolutely necessary ; and was ever esteemed a quditjofX grLes [
SSfSiSEte¦Thus we find the great Feiielon makes Ulysses in the svsten . - _* education winch he delivers above to his f friends t 0 render for him hiso , 2 b «^ 5 ncere , arm laithful in keeping secrets ; a precept that ^ afterwards pro- ! 3 iw 2