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The Freemasons' Repository.
INTRODUCTION . THE great change which the political system of Europe has lately experienced , and the mighty consequences which jnust proceed from it , cannot be viewed with indifference by any philosophic mind . Such an one will naturally be inquisitive into the minutest
circumstances that have led . to this astonishing event , and will g ladly embrace every opportunity of informing himself upon the subject . Every anecdote related , every character described , every opinion broached , every custom instituted , will engage his curiosity . He wilianalize those matters with the nicest scrutiny , which minds less active or observing will pass over with contempt . He knows that the minutest
incidents and the most insignificant doctrines have , in former days , occasioned the rise and fall of mi g hty empires , have totally changed the political , and very extensively even the moral state of society . On looking into the stupendous events of ancient times , through the medium of history , he finds the causes and secret springs of great actions , which very penetrating men , who lived at the period whenand
, within the sphere where , they happened , endeavoured to trace in vain . From hence he is disposed to be careful in his observations on present scenes , and not to overlook even a casual atom that passes before him , while contemplating tile convulsed state , of society . That d philosophical Professor , therefore , inarespecable university , should be thu
employed , or tnat he should thus conduct his enquiries , ought not by any means to excite our admiration . Let the subject of his observation be natural or moral , the minuteness of his examination will onl y be suited to the character of a philosopher . But then be it carefully remembered , that the spirit with which he conducts his enquiry is expected to be philosophic also . As we readily and cheerfully allow him to indulge the most inquisitive dispositionwelikewiseexpect to see .
, , , in him fair dealing , candour , and a rigid impartiality . If he deviates a whit from these , we shall allow him credit for nothing , and the philosopher becoming evidently a partizan , renders even his very motives suspicious , and consequently his reports and remarks will be received with the most cautious severity . Whether the latter observations will apply to a book recently
publishedby theProfessor of Natural-Philosophy of the University of Edinburgh , entitled ' Proofs of a Conspiracy against all the Reli g ions and Governments of Europe , carried on in the Secret Meetings of Freemasons , Jihiminaii , and Reading Societies , ' will be seen in the course of the following- Examination , in which i shall go over , calmly und minutely , the ground which the learned Professor has taken , so
far as the interests of the Masonic Bc-d y are interested in his relation * ; and remarks . SECTION I . THE Professor sets out at once with informing his readers that he was rousad to his search into t \\ e preset * , ' subject by the casual perusal of a German work , entitled ' Religions Begebenbeitea . ' i . e . ' Religious Occurrences ' in which there was an account of the various
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Repository.
INTRODUCTION . THE great change which the political system of Europe has lately experienced , and the mighty consequences which jnust proceed from it , cannot be viewed with indifference by any philosophic mind . Such an one will naturally be inquisitive into the minutest
circumstances that have led . to this astonishing event , and will g ladly embrace every opportunity of informing himself upon the subject . Every anecdote related , every character described , every opinion broached , every custom instituted , will engage his curiosity . He wilianalize those matters with the nicest scrutiny , which minds less active or observing will pass over with contempt . He knows that the minutest
incidents and the most insignificant doctrines have , in former days , occasioned the rise and fall of mi g hty empires , have totally changed the political , and very extensively even the moral state of society . On looking into the stupendous events of ancient times , through the medium of history , he finds the causes and secret springs of great actions , which very penetrating men , who lived at the period whenand
, within the sphere where , they happened , endeavoured to trace in vain . From hence he is disposed to be careful in his observations on present scenes , and not to overlook even a casual atom that passes before him , while contemplating tile convulsed state , of society . That d philosophical Professor , therefore , inarespecable university , should be thu
employed , or tnat he should thus conduct his enquiries , ought not by any means to excite our admiration . Let the subject of his observation be natural or moral , the minuteness of his examination will onl y be suited to the character of a philosopher . But then be it carefully remembered , that the spirit with which he conducts his enquiry is expected to be philosophic also . As we readily and cheerfully allow him to indulge the most inquisitive dispositionwelikewiseexpect to see .
, , , in him fair dealing , candour , and a rigid impartiality . If he deviates a whit from these , we shall allow him credit for nothing , and the philosopher becoming evidently a partizan , renders even his very motives suspicious , and consequently his reports and remarks will be received with the most cautious severity . Whether the latter observations will apply to a book recently
publishedby theProfessor of Natural-Philosophy of the University of Edinburgh , entitled ' Proofs of a Conspiracy against all the Reli g ions and Governments of Europe , carried on in the Secret Meetings of Freemasons , Jihiminaii , and Reading Societies , ' will be seen in the course of the following- Examination , in which i shall go over , calmly und minutely , the ground which the learned Professor has taken , so
far as the interests of the Masonic Bc-d y are interested in his relation * ; and remarks . SECTION I . THE Professor sets out at once with informing his readers that he was rousad to his search into t \\ e preset * , ' subject by the casual perusal of a German work , entitled ' Religions Begebenbeitea . ' i . e . ' Religious Occurrences ' in which there was an account of the various