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Ernest And Falk.
speeches aud songs , which are usually better printed than meditated or spoken . * F . An analogy Avhich they have with divers other orations and songs . E . Or am I to accept those things as their deeds upon AA hich they exult in those very songs and orations ?
F . When they do not only exult in them . E . And Avhat is it that they glorify themselves so much in ? things which one expects from every good man , every honest citizen . —They are so social , so benevolent , so obedient , so patriotic ! F . And are these things nothing ?
E . Nothing , by which they are distinguished from their fellow countrymen ? AAdio should not practise these virtues ? F . Ought ! E . Who cannot find predisposition and occasion sufficient for this beyond the sphere of Freemasonry ? F . But Avithin that sphereand by it a greater disposition .
, E . Talk not to me of a multiplicity of predispositions . Rather induce one disposition with a tremendous and intensified poAver 1 The multitude of disposing forces is like the complexity of wheel-work in a piece of mechanism : the more numerous the Avheels , the more easily is the machine put out of order . F . That I cannot deny .
E . And what necessity is there for another inducement ! an inducement dAvarfing and making suspect all other mainsprings of action ! one giving itself out as the strongest and the best ! F . Friend , be moderate . Hyperbole , quid pro quo of those shalloAv orations and songs ! Probation-Avork ! apprentice-work !
E . That is as much as to say : Brother orator is a gossip . F . Nay , rather , that that which Brother orator extols in Freemasons is not exactly their work . Brother orator at any rate tells no tales , and deeds speak for themselves . E . Ah ! noAV I do perceive your drift . HOAV was it that I did not immediately recollect these deeds , their self-testifying
actions , these deeds I might almost call crying deeds . Not content Avith upholding each other in the most self-sacrificing manner , what have they not done for the state and nation to which they belong ! F . For instance?—so that I may hear if you are on the proper track .
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Ernest And Falk.
speeches aud songs , which are usually better printed than meditated or spoken . * F . An analogy Avhich they have with divers other orations and songs . E . Or am I to accept those things as their deeds upon AA hich they exult in those very songs and orations ?
F . When they do not only exult in them . E . And Avhat is it that they glorify themselves so much in ? things which one expects from every good man , every honest citizen . —They are so social , so benevolent , so obedient , so patriotic ! F . And are these things nothing ?
E . Nothing , by which they are distinguished from their fellow countrymen ? AAdio should not practise these virtues ? F . Ought ! E . Who cannot find predisposition and occasion sufficient for this beyond the sphere of Freemasonry ? F . But Avithin that sphereand by it a greater disposition .
, E . Talk not to me of a multiplicity of predispositions . Rather induce one disposition with a tremendous and intensified poAver 1 The multitude of disposing forces is like the complexity of wheel-work in a piece of mechanism : the more numerous the Avheels , the more easily is the machine put out of order . F . That I cannot deny .
E . And what necessity is there for another inducement ! an inducement dAvarfing and making suspect all other mainsprings of action ! one giving itself out as the strongest and the best ! F . Friend , be moderate . Hyperbole , quid pro quo of those shalloAv orations and songs ! Probation-Avork ! apprentice-work !
E . That is as much as to say : Brother orator is a gossip . F . Nay , rather , that that which Brother orator extols in Freemasons is not exactly their work . Brother orator at any rate tells no tales , and deeds speak for themselves . E . Ah ! noAV I do perceive your drift . HOAV was it that I did not immediately recollect these deeds , their self-testifying
actions , these deeds I might almost call crying deeds . Not content Avith upholding each other in the most self-sacrificing manner , what have they not done for the state and nation to which they belong ! F . For instance?—so that I may hear if you are on the proper track .