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Freemason's' Quarterly Review.
FREEMASON'S ' QUARTERLY REVIEW.
JULY 1 , 1834 , OPINIONS OP THE PUBLIC PRESS .
THE spirit in which we began our labours has not , we have been gladdened to experience , been misinterpreted : — the subjoined opinions ( and some of them possess internal evidence of being the emanations of brethren eminentl y qualified to bear such testimony ) , whilst they fully discern
our motives , rightly appreciate their final end and aim . Our attempt , if not intimately understood , must have excited the opposition of the honestl y zealous : in numbering , however , amongst our subscribers brethren as celebrated for their profound knowledge of our mysteries as for the virtue
and benevolence with which they practically illustrate them , we have the surest and most animating conviction of the purity and usefulness of our desi gn .
ALL THAT WE REQUIRED WAS TO BE FULLY AND PER - FECTLY UNDERSTOOD , conscious that our success could only be commensurate with the most undisguised and ample knowledge of our intentions . We have a two-fold pride in our hopes of prosperity : FIRST , that we have been the means
of affording to the United Craft , and to the World in general , something more"than a dry register of Masonic news ; and SECONDLY , that in so doing we have in no iota violated those sacred and eternal princi ples which are the vital essence of our glorious mystery . VOL . i . 0
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Freemason's' Quarterly Review.
FREEMASON'S ' QUARTERLY REVIEW.
JULY 1 , 1834 , OPINIONS OP THE PUBLIC PRESS .
THE spirit in which we began our labours has not , we have been gladdened to experience , been misinterpreted : — the subjoined opinions ( and some of them possess internal evidence of being the emanations of brethren eminentl y qualified to bear such testimony ) , whilst they fully discern
our motives , rightly appreciate their final end and aim . Our attempt , if not intimately understood , must have excited the opposition of the honestl y zealous : in numbering , however , amongst our subscribers brethren as celebrated for their profound knowledge of our mysteries as for the virtue
and benevolence with which they practically illustrate them , we have the surest and most animating conviction of the purity and usefulness of our desi gn .
ALL THAT WE REQUIRED WAS TO BE FULLY AND PER - FECTLY UNDERSTOOD , conscious that our success could only be commensurate with the most undisguised and ample knowledge of our intentions . We have a two-fold pride in our hopes of prosperity : FIRST , that we have been the means
of affording to the United Craft , and to the World in general , something more"than a dry register of Masonic news ; and SECONDLY , that in so doing we have in no iota violated those sacred and eternal princi ples which are the vital essence of our glorious mystery . VOL . i . 0