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A Brief Memoir Of Masonicus.
A BRIEF MEMOIR OF MASONICUS .
THE SCIENTIFIC MAGAZINE ,. . "" ¦ -AND " '; - . -. . FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY , FOR AUGUST ,. 1738 . ,.. V
{ QUIQUE SUI . MEMttaES-ALIOS FECERE MEREND 0 . ' VISG .
¦¦ _ . [ WITH A PORTIIAIT . ] HP HEY who are acquainted with the nature of publications similar ¦ " ¦ to our Repository , must , well know the difficulty of procuring a periodical supply of miscellaneous matter , worthy to attract the notice anil fix the patronage of polite and sensible readers ; consequentl
y no obligation will be more chearfully recognized than that of the Conductors of such a Miscellany to those voluntary contributors who increase anrl variegate its powers of entertainment by the charms of novelty , ingenuity , and reason . Among the various articles that have enriched our publication , the Essays under the signature of MASONICUS have doubtless attracted
particular attention . To divert metaphysical speculation from the frivolous , if not pernicious ramifications of disputative pertinacity , and to apply its discriminating properties to the discovery and enforcement of moral truth , is au empkv , me ut worthy pf enlightened and virtuous intellect . To the effusions of MASONICUS may this honourable distinction be ascribed ; nor can they be perused without a conviction that they are the offspring of a mind amiable in its conceptions , and desirous of rendering them actively subservient to the ends of moral utility .
' Hinc ducere vivas voces . ' The gentleman who is the subject of these remarks , and whose portrait accompanies our present Number , was initiated into the first
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A Brief Memoir Of Masonicus.
A BRIEF MEMOIR OF MASONICUS .
THE SCIENTIFIC MAGAZINE ,. . "" ¦ -AND " '; - . -. . FREEMASONS' REPOSITORY , FOR AUGUST ,. 1738 . ,.. V
{ QUIQUE SUI . MEMttaES-ALIOS FECERE MEREND 0 . ' VISG .
¦¦ _ . [ WITH A PORTIIAIT . ] HP HEY who are acquainted with the nature of publications similar ¦ " ¦ to our Repository , must , well know the difficulty of procuring a periodical supply of miscellaneous matter , worthy to attract the notice anil fix the patronage of polite and sensible readers ; consequentl
y no obligation will be more chearfully recognized than that of the Conductors of such a Miscellany to those voluntary contributors who increase anrl variegate its powers of entertainment by the charms of novelty , ingenuity , and reason . Among the various articles that have enriched our publication , the Essays under the signature of MASONICUS have doubtless attracted
particular attention . To divert metaphysical speculation from the frivolous , if not pernicious ramifications of disputative pertinacity , and to apply its discriminating properties to the discovery and enforcement of moral truth , is au empkv , me ut worthy pf enlightened and virtuous intellect . To the effusions of MASONICUS may this honourable distinction be ascribed ; nor can they be perused without a conviction that they are the offspring of a mind amiable in its conceptions , and desirous of rendering them actively subservient to the ends of moral utility .
' Hinc ducere vivas voces . ' The gentleman who is the subject of these remarks , and whose portrait accompanies our present Number , was initiated into the first