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Article THE REVELATIONS OF A SQUARE. ← Page 4 of 14 →
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The Revelations Of A Square.
hope you have not taken it out of the lock , for I don ' t see it there . ' " This brought on an uproarious peal of laughter from the conspirators , as Bro . Dagge descended from his elevation to meet his brother officers . " He met the joke , " said the Square , " with his usual
good nature ,- —for he was too enthusiastic to care anything for their jeers . Finis coronat opus was his motto , and he worked it out famously . Freemasonry was his hobby . He rode it hard , and it mattered little who saw him mounted . And this is the feeling which leads to success and eminence , as it actually did in his case ; for he rose to the office of S . G . W . in 1778 .
" At the expiration of Bro . Dagge ' s year , during which the circumstances of the Lodge were greatly improved , I had the good fortune to fall into the hands of the most eminent Mason of the age , " my garrulous companion continued , — - "Bro . Thomas Dunckerley , an expert Master , and a good tactician . He was supposed to be the natural son of King
George the Second , and his manners did not belie his breeding . He was a perfect gentleman , and a ripe scholar ; combining a knowledge of science and philosophy with grace and dignity of deportment , and the uniform practice of every moral and religious duty . At the period now under consideration he was a student at one of the inns of court , and was in due time called to the bar .
" Though conversant in scientific and philosophical researches , he was of too virtuous and vigorous a frame of mind , and too well grounded in his religious and moral principles , ever to suffer philosophy to lead to infidelity ; but all the Christian truths received his most hearty concurrence , and all the Christian virtues his constant practice .
" In the Lodge he intermingled the fortiter in re so judiciously with the suaviter in modo , that while the society over which he presided was in the hi ghest state of discipline , there was an ease and comfort amongst the Brethren which elevated the character of the Lodge to a distinguished celebrity , and procured for us the honour of many distinguished visitors , who all admired the quiet and easy deportment of Bro . Dunckerley in the chair , and the orderly and respectful conduct of the Brethren .
_ " In conducting the business of the Lodge , Bro . Dunckerley did not content himself with the usual commonplace demonstrations contained in the Lodge lectures , but , like a skilful
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Revelations Of A Square.
hope you have not taken it out of the lock , for I don ' t see it there . ' " This brought on an uproarious peal of laughter from the conspirators , as Bro . Dagge descended from his elevation to meet his brother officers . " He met the joke , " said the Square , " with his usual
good nature ,- —for he was too enthusiastic to care anything for their jeers . Finis coronat opus was his motto , and he worked it out famously . Freemasonry was his hobby . He rode it hard , and it mattered little who saw him mounted . And this is the feeling which leads to success and eminence , as it actually did in his case ; for he rose to the office of S . G . W . in 1778 .
" At the expiration of Bro . Dagge ' s year , during which the circumstances of the Lodge were greatly improved , I had the good fortune to fall into the hands of the most eminent Mason of the age , " my garrulous companion continued , — - "Bro . Thomas Dunckerley , an expert Master , and a good tactician . He was supposed to be the natural son of King
George the Second , and his manners did not belie his breeding . He was a perfect gentleman , and a ripe scholar ; combining a knowledge of science and philosophy with grace and dignity of deportment , and the uniform practice of every moral and religious duty . At the period now under consideration he was a student at one of the inns of court , and was in due time called to the bar .
" Though conversant in scientific and philosophical researches , he was of too virtuous and vigorous a frame of mind , and too well grounded in his religious and moral principles , ever to suffer philosophy to lead to infidelity ; but all the Christian truths received his most hearty concurrence , and all the Christian virtues his constant practice .
" In the Lodge he intermingled the fortiter in re so judiciously with the suaviter in modo , that while the society over which he presided was in the hi ghest state of discipline , there was an ease and comfort amongst the Brethren which elevated the character of the Lodge to a distinguished celebrity , and procured for us the honour of many distinguished visitors , who all admired the quiet and easy deportment of Bro . Dunckerley in the chair , and the orderly and respectful conduct of the Brethren .
_ " In conducting the business of the Lodge , Bro . Dunckerley did not content himself with the usual commonplace demonstrations contained in the Lodge lectures , but , like a skilful