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The Freemasons' Magazine, And Cabinet Of Universal Literature.
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE , AND CABINET OF UNIVERSAL LITERATURE .
FOR JUNE 1796 . — - —~** mmmg $ ^ i ^& nwv ^—7
—A FRIENDLY REMONSTRANCE TO A SKILFUL BUT OVER-ZEALOUS MASON . QUI CAi'lT ILLE FACIT . ' ' '
SIR AND BROTHER , x .. \ TOT that I had any reason to suppose you would be disinclined to •^ receive from me , in conversation , any suggestions which I might ( from a heart filled with sentiments of real friendship ) have been induced to offer , in the hope that they would redound to your benefit ; not for this reason has it been , that I have adopted the epistolary
firm in the present application ; but because words uttered are fleeting , and make generally a slighter ( though perhaps a more immediate ) impression on the mind , than when- committed to paper ; and these latter too have this advantage , that they can be recurred to at a future time , when the effect of oral communication has perhaps ceased .
I need not , I believe , ask if you have confidence in my-brotherly zeal to serve you , though I ought certainly to beg excuse for my presumption in offering to advise you ; but sincerity shall for once supply the place of ceremony , while I take leave to call your attention a little aside from that very laudable pursuit , Masonry , to that very necessary one , of your own immediate-profession .
It is almost unnecessary for . me to recal to your , memory , thatoui . general regulations contain this salutary precept , that though a regular attendance on the duties of the lodge of which you . may be a member is recommended , yet the same sentence contains the admonition , that you are never to suffer the business of Masonry to interfere , with the more necessary vocations or duties of lite , which : ( tre on no account to be neglected , ¦ -. VOL ,, vi . 3 C
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Magazine, And Cabinet Of Universal Literature.
THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE , AND CABINET OF UNIVERSAL LITERATURE .
FOR JUNE 1796 . — - —~** mmmg $ ^ i ^& nwv ^—7
—A FRIENDLY REMONSTRANCE TO A SKILFUL BUT OVER-ZEALOUS MASON . QUI CAi'lT ILLE FACIT . ' ' '
SIR AND BROTHER , x .. \ TOT that I had any reason to suppose you would be disinclined to •^ receive from me , in conversation , any suggestions which I might ( from a heart filled with sentiments of real friendship ) have been induced to offer , in the hope that they would redound to your benefit ; not for this reason has it been , that I have adopted the epistolary
firm in the present application ; but because words uttered are fleeting , and make generally a slighter ( though perhaps a more immediate ) impression on the mind , than when- committed to paper ; and these latter too have this advantage , that they can be recurred to at a future time , when the effect of oral communication has perhaps ceased .
I need not , I believe , ask if you have confidence in my-brotherly zeal to serve you , though I ought certainly to beg excuse for my presumption in offering to advise you ; but sincerity shall for once supply the place of ceremony , while I take leave to call your attention a little aside from that very laudable pursuit , Masonry , to that very necessary one , of your own immediate-profession .
It is almost unnecessary for . me to recal to your , memory , thatoui . general regulations contain this salutary precept , that though a regular attendance on the duties of the lodge of which you . may be a member is recommended , yet the same sentence contains the admonition , that you are never to suffer the business of Masonry to interfere , with the more necessary vocations or duties of lite , which : ( tre on no account to be neglected , ¦ -. VOL ,, vi . 3 C