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The Freemasonry Quarterly Review.
THE FREEMASONRY QUARTERLY REVIEW.
SECOND SERIES—JUNE 30 , 181 . 7 .
PRIVILEGE . ' —PRIVILEGE I . ' —PRIVILEGE . ' . ' ! Justum et lenacem propositi virum N'ec civium ardor prava jubentium , IVon vultus instantis tyranni , Mente quatit
solula—¦—THE Horatian raaxim has been our law , and in some measure its observance has been our solace ; it has often enabled us to contemplate with calmness the puny and ill-directed attacks , however violently and tyrannically made upon us , and—the onslaught passed—we have pressed forward with perseverance to repair the breach which ignorance , sycophancy , and slander , have united to cause in the citadel of English
Masonry . AVhat says De Foe ? Hear him . " If I might give a short hint to an impaitial writer , it would be td tell him his fate . If he resolves to venture on the dangerous precipice of telling unbiassed truth , let him proclaim war with mankind . If he tells the crimes of great men , they will fall upon him with the iron hands of the law ; if he tells them
of their virtues , when they have any , then the mob attacks him with slander . But if he regards truth , let him expect martyrdom on both sides , and then he may go on fearless ; and this is the course I take myself . " And De Foe was right . He suffered more than once for what was then termed—Breach of Privilege . Dr . Johnson , when a reporter of the proceedings in parliament ,
carried in his head , as he left the house , the subject matter that was afterwards to be known to the public . He found himself so much inconvenienced and annoyed by want of accommodation , that he wrote very bitterly on the subject ; the consequence was , that notwithstanding the standing orders of the house against the admission of strangers , the doctor and others were actually accommodated with proper seats .
Dr . Johnson was a good hater , and on finding that he had succeeded thus far , he said , " Now I can abuse the AVhigs with comfort , "—arid he kept his word . AVe merely quote Dr . Johnson , not in approval of his character as a " good hater , " but to show how consistency can beat expediency . ¦ ' : ¦¦¦ 'In the late houses of parliament the reporters , malgre the standing ; vor .. v . s
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasonry Quarterly Review.
THE FREEMASONRY QUARTERLY REVIEW.
SECOND SERIES—JUNE 30 , 181 . 7 .
PRIVILEGE . ' —PRIVILEGE I . ' —PRIVILEGE . ' . ' ! Justum et lenacem propositi virum N'ec civium ardor prava jubentium , IVon vultus instantis tyranni , Mente quatit
solula—¦—THE Horatian raaxim has been our law , and in some measure its observance has been our solace ; it has often enabled us to contemplate with calmness the puny and ill-directed attacks , however violently and tyrannically made upon us , and—the onslaught passed—we have pressed forward with perseverance to repair the breach which ignorance , sycophancy , and slander , have united to cause in the citadel of English
Masonry . AVhat says De Foe ? Hear him . " If I might give a short hint to an impaitial writer , it would be td tell him his fate . If he resolves to venture on the dangerous precipice of telling unbiassed truth , let him proclaim war with mankind . If he tells the crimes of great men , they will fall upon him with the iron hands of the law ; if he tells them
of their virtues , when they have any , then the mob attacks him with slander . But if he regards truth , let him expect martyrdom on both sides , and then he may go on fearless ; and this is the course I take myself . " And De Foe was right . He suffered more than once for what was then termed—Breach of Privilege . Dr . Johnson , when a reporter of the proceedings in parliament ,
carried in his head , as he left the house , the subject matter that was afterwards to be known to the public . He found himself so much inconvenienced and annoyed by want of accommodation , that he wrote very bitterly on the subject ; the consequence was , that notwithstanding the standing orders of the house against the admission of strangers , the doctor and others were actually accommodated with proper seats .
Dr . Johnson was a good hater , and on finding that he had succeeded thus far , he said , " Now I can abuse the AVhigs with comfort , "—arid he kept his word . AVe merely quote Dr . Johnson , not in approval of his character as a " good hater , " but to show how consistency can beat expediency . ¦ ' : ¦¦¦ 'In the late houses of parliament the reporters , malgre the standing ; vor .. v . s