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Bro. Rowland Gardiner Alston, P.G. W., &C.
Besides the attainment of classical and masonic honours , Bro . Rowland Gardiner Alston has sought , although unsuccessfully on that particular occasion , the less peaceful , the more laborious , the almost unthankful office of parliamentary representative . Without question the loss was infinitely greater to the electors , upon the exercise of whose franchise he asked for a seat in the House of Commons , than to himself . An able speaker of the useful class ; pains-taking ; logical ; with a ready
flow and great command of words ; apt at illustration ; classical in adornment ; and warming into eloquence when his sympathy comes fully into play with his subject , he may yet take an honourable and prominent part in political disquisition . Measured by the success of his oratorical efforts in Grand Lodge , he would rank high above mediocrity within the precincts of St . Stephens . And to undoubted intellectual power , he has superadded a good voice , : a muscular frame of healthy temperament , and a somewhat commanding presence .
Favoured by the friendly patronage of the late Grand Master , and honoured by the friendship of the present , Bro . Rowland Gardiner Alston , whose sympathies are with the many , whose disposition to harmonise the desires and objects of all is manifest to the attentive observer , is nevertheless another evidence of the imperfectibility of human nature . With every intention to do good , he cannot avoid that occasional
deference to his superiors in masonic rank , which leads to the inappropriate application of acquirements and natural gifts of the highest order . And we , who entertain for him the most fraternal regard , have had more than once to witness , with the deepest regret , his sterling common sense
merge into the momentary sophistry of a false position . These errors , " few and far between , " are , however , but the shadowy background to the more multiform , pleasing , and endearing features of which the picture is formed . Were all by whom he is surrounded , on the dais , of his quality , although far below his standard , masonic charity—the warm throbbings of brotherly pulsation—would be as truly universal in the craft , as it is deemed to be by the popular world .
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Bro. Rowland Gardiner Alston, P.G. W., &C.
Besides the attainment of classical and masonic honours , Bro . Rowland Gardiner Alston has sought , although unsuccessfully on that particular occasion , the less peaceful , the more laborious , the almost unthankful office of parliamentary representative . Without question the loss was infinitely greater to the electors , upon the exercise of whose franchise he asked for a seat in the House of Commons , than to himself . An able speaker of the useful class ; pains-taking ; logical ; with a ready
flow and great command of words ; apt at illustration ; classical in adornment ; and warming into eloquence when his sympathy comes fully into play with his subject , he may yet take an honourable and prominent part in political disquisition . Measured by the success of his oratorical efforts in Grand Lodge , he would rank high above mediocrity within the precincts of St . Stephens . And to undoubted intellectual power , he has superadded a good voice , : a muscular frame of healthy temperament , and a somewhat commanding presence .
Favoured by the friendly patronage of the late Grand Master , and honoured by the friendship of the present , Bro . Rowland Gardiner Alston , whose sympathies are with the many , whose disposition to harmonise the desires and objects of all is manifest to the attentive observer , is nevertheless another evidence of the imperfectibility of human nature . With every intention to do good , he cannot avoid that occasional
deference to his superiors in masonic rank , which leads to the inappropriate application of acquirements and natural gifts of the highest order . And we , who entertain for him the most fraternal regard , have had more than once to witness , with the deepest regret , his sterling common sense
merge into the momentary sophistry of a false position . These errors , " few and far between , " are , however , but the shadowy background to the more multiform , pleasing , and endearing features of which the picture is formed . Were all by whom he is surrounded , on the dais , of his quality , although far below his standard , masonic charity—the warm throbbings of brotherly pulsation—would be as truly universal in the craft , as it is deemed to be by the popular world .