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Ernest And Falk.
table deeds of the Freemasons are so great , and extending so far , that Avhole centuries may pass ere it can be said : This have they done . At the same time , it is they that have done eA erything good in the world—mark me , in the world !—and they continue to work at all that good Avhich Avill come into this Avorld ; mark me againin the ivorld .
, E . Come , come ; you are joking . F . Truly not . But see , there is a butterfly which I must haA'e . I say but to you : the veritable deeds of the Freemasons have this aim , to render all those things commonly called good deeds , unnecessary . E . And are themselves good deeds ?
F . There can be none better . Think for a few minutes 0 A er it : I shall be with you again immediately . E . Good deeds , Avho aim to render good deeds unnecessary ? This is an enigma , and I do not meditate upon enigmas . I shall rather lie doAvn beneath this tree and watch the ants .
CONVERSATION II . E . Well , Avhere are you going ? And have you not got the butterfly ? F . He enticed me from bush to bush , down to the rivulet . Suddenly he fluttered over it .
E . Yes , yes ! there are such seducers . F . Have you thought over it ? E . Over what ? Oh , of your riddle ? I shall also not catch it , this pretty butterfly ; and so it shall give me no further trouble . One conversation with you about Freemasonry , and no more ; for I see you are like all the rest .
F . Like all the rest ? The rest do not say so . E . No ? There are , then , heretics among the Freemasons ? And you are one of these ? But all heretics have something in common with the orthodox . And it was of that Avhich I spoke . F . Of what ?
E . Orthodox or heretic Freemasons ; they all play with words , and have questions put to them , and reply without answering . F . Think you so ? Well , then , let us speak of something else . For once you have roused me from the comfortable state of dumb astonishment . E . Nothing is more easy than to restore you to that condition . Sit doAvn by me , and watch . F . What shaU I watch ?
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Ernest And Falk.
table deeds of the Freemasons are so great , and extending so far , that Avhole centuries may pass ere it can be said : This have they done . At the same time , it is they that have done eA erything good in the world—mark me , in the world !—and they continue to work at all that good Avhich Avill come into this Avorld ; mark me againin the ivorld .
, E . Come , come ; you are joking . F . Truly not . But see , there is a butterfly which I must haA'e . I say but to you : the veritable deeds of the Freemasons have this aim , to render all those things commonly called good deeds , unnecessary . E . And are themselves good deeds ?
F . There can be none better . Think for a few minutes 0 A er it : I shall be with you again immediately . E . Good deeds , Avho aim to render good deeds unnecessary ? This is an enigma , and I do not meditate upon enigmas . I shall rather lie doAvn beneath this tree and watch the ants .
CONVERSATION II . E . Well , Avhere are you going ? And have you not got the butterfly ? F . He enticed me from bush to bush , down to the rivulet . Suddenly he fluttered over it .
E . Yes , yes ! there are such seducers . F . Have you thought over it ? E . Over what ? Oh , of your riddle ? I shall also not catch it , this pretty butterfly ; and so it shall give me no further trouble . One conversation with you about Freemasonry , and no more ; for I see you are like all the rest .
F . Like all the rest ? The rest do not say so . E . No ? There are , then , heretics among the Freemasons ? And you are one of these ? But all heretics have something in common with the orthodox . And it was of that Avhich I spoke . F . Of what ?
E . Orthodox or heretic Freemasons ; they all play with words , and have questions put to them , and reply without answering . F . Think you so ? Well , then , let us speak of something else . For once you have roused me from the comfortable state of dumb astonishment . E . Nothing is more easy than to restore you to that condition . Sit doAvn by me , and watch . F . What shaU I watch ?