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Ernest And Falk.
not imagined by the politic minds of statesmen . Perhaps the Freemasons work at this question . Perhaps ! And this Avas only to rid you of the prejudice that all the places Avhereon it is necessary to build have been already occupied , and that the necessary work has been already distributed among the hands .
E . Turn about IIOAV , as you will . Enough , I have formed the idea from AAdiat you say , that the Freemasons are people AAdio haA'e voluntarily undertaken to obviate by their labours these evils of the state Avhich are unavoidable . F . This definition at any rate does not shame the Freemasons . Stick to it ! But understand it correctly , and mix nothing up
Avith it that does not belong to it . The unavoidable eA ils of the state ! Not of this or that state ! Not the unavoidable eAdls which , once taken up by any peculiar form of constitution , naturally residt in this form of government . With these the Freemason has nothing to do , at least as a Freemason . The assuaging and curing of this he leaves to the citizen , AVIIO may
employ himself with it according to his discrimination , his courage , or at his peril . EA ^ IS of a very different kind , of a far greater degree , are the subject of his activity . E . I have understood perfectly . Not evils caused by the discontented citizen , but _ evils unavoidable even Avith the happiest . F . Right ! To counteract — how did you express it ? — to counteract these ?
E . Yes . F . The expression is strong . To counteract ! To obviate them wholly ! That cannot be . For Avith them , the state itself Avould be utterly destroyed . They must not even be demonstrated at once to those AVIIO have no perception of them . To create this perception in man at a distance , to nourish its
groAvth , to graft it , to generate , to make it blossom , can here be called counteracting it . Do you now understand why I said , that although the Freemason Avere eA er at work , centuries might elapse before it could be said , —This has been done . E . As well as I noAV comprehend the second portion of the riddle—good deeds rendering unnecessary good deeds !
F . Well ! UOAV go and study those evils , and learn to know them all , and weigh their effects one against another , and be assured that this study will discover things to you , that in days of heaviness seem to be the most cogent and incontrovertible influences against providence and virtue . This knowledge , this illumination , will render you peaceful and happy—eA en Avithout the name of Freemason . E . You lay considerable stress on the word name .
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Ernest And Falk.
not imagined by the politic minds of statesmen . Perhaps the Freemasons work at this question . Perhaps ! And this Avas only to rid you of the prejudice that all the places Avhereon it is necessary to build have been already occupied , and that the necessary work has been already distributed among the hands .
E . Turn about IIOAV , as you will . Enough , I have formed the idea from AAdiat you say , that the Freemasons are people AAdio haA'e voluntarily undertaken to obviate by their labours these evils of the state Avhich are unavoidable . F . This definition at any rate does not shame the Freemasons . Stick to it ! But understand it correctly , and mix nothing up
Avith it that does not belong to it . The unavoidable eA ils of the state ! Not of this or that state ! Not the unavoidable eAdls which , once taken up by any peculiar form of constitution , naturally residt in this form of government . With these the Freemason has nothing to do , at least as a Freemason . The assuaging and curing of this he leaves to the citizen , AVIIO may
employ himself with it according to his discrimination , his courage , or at his peril . EA ^ IS of a very different kind , of a far greater degree , are the subject of his activity . E . I have understood perfectly . Not evils caused by the discontented citizen , but _ evils unavoidable even Avith the happiest . F . Right ! To counteract — how did you express it ? — to counteract these ?
E . Yes . F . The expression is strong . To counteract ! To obviate them wholly ! That cannot be . For Avith them , the state itself Avould be utterly destroyed . They must not even be demonstrated at once to those AVIIO have no perception of them . To create this perception in man at a distance , to nourish its
groAvth , to graft it , to generate , to make it blossom , can here be called counteracting it . Do you now understand why I said , that although the Freemason Avere eA er at work , centuries might elapse before it could be said , —This has been done . E . As well as I noAV comprehend the second portion of the riddle—good deeds rendering unnecessary good deeds !
F . Well ! UOAV go and study those evils , and learn to know them all , and weigh their effects one against another , and be assured that this study will discover things to you , that in days of heaviness seem to be the most cogent and incontrovertible influences against providence and virtue . This knowledge , this illumination , will render you peaceful and happy—eA en Avithout the name of Freemason . E . You lay considerable stress on the word name .