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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
THE FREEMASONS ' QUARTERLY REVIEW .
NEW SERIES . —JUNE , 1814 . A GRAND MASTER of the United Grand Lodge of
England has been installed—a new sera has commenced , may it be equally propitious to the governor and the governed ! If we glance at the past year , its history Avill furnish a gratifying anticipation of the future ; not but it has
presented a few aivkward points—yet these ivere in some measure unavoidable . Our society is peculiarly formed ; it is an instrument made up of a great variety of strings , which , if ivell tuned ,
" discourseth most excellent music "—but as occasionally some two or three of these strings either relax or snap , the vibration produces discordance ; it is Avell they have not been sufficiently audible to cause other effects than ivbat
may readily find refuge in Masonic forbearance . The Earl of Zetland is now no longer the pro-Grand Master appointed by a superior officer , nor the Brother provided by the Constitutions to preside merely in case of
need , but he is the Brother elected by the fraternity , to rule over them . In his recent capacity he probably was in voi ,. ii . n
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
THE FREEMASONS ' QUARTERLY REVIEW .
NEW SERIES . —JUNE , 1814 . A GRAND MASTER of the United Grand Lodge of
England has been installed—a new sera has commenced , may it be equally propitious to the governor and the governed ! If we glance at the past year , its history Avill furnish a gratifying anticipation of the future ; not but it has
presented a few aivkward points—yet these ivere in some measure unavoidable . Our society is peculiarly formed ; it is an instrument made up of a great variety of strings , which , if ivell tuned ,
" discourseth most excellent music "—but as occasionally some two or three of these strings either relax or snap , the vibration produces discordance ; it is Avell they have not been sufficiently audible to cause other effects than ivbat
may readily find refuge in Masonic forbearance . The Earl of Zetland is now no longer the pro-Grand Master appointed by a superior officer , nor the Brother provided by the Constitutions to preside merely in case of
need , but he is the Brother elected by the fraternity , to rule over them . In his recent capacity he probably was in voi ,. ii . n