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Article THE FREEMASON'S QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 2 of 8 →
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The Freemason's Quarterly Review.
Scarcel y have ei ghteen months elapsed , and Lord Durham , in consequence of his new duties as ambassador to the court of Russia ,-has resigned the Masonic office . Adverting to that quotation from his lordship ' s eloquent address which precedes our remarks , Ave must , as
Masons , avoid most carefull y , not merely the discussion of , but eA-en an allusion to , politics , unless in that unobjectionable manner which merel y tends to illustrate the beauty of our especial Order ; and it is in this sense Ave most unequiA'Ocall y express- our conviction , that under any extraordinary
circumstances which , may call for the exercise of the talents of our noble Brother , there will be brought into operation the powers of a lofty and enli g htened mind calculated to dignify
any mission ; and , still avoiding any political discussion , but presuming the existence of some necessary examination which may demand all the careful vi g ilance of the statesman , the Englishman must feel a confidence that the honour of his country will be respected .
Still to the Craft , the loss , however temporary , of so bri g ht an ornament , will be severel y felt . His lordshi p commenced his metropolitan duties under very peculiar but happy auspices . His judicious and firm , yet careful and urbane deportment , created an immediate confidence among
the Members of the Grancl Loclge ; ancl it is not too much to state that his lordshi p was , perhaps , unconsciously the means of evoking , as it were , a spirit of emulation akin to his OAvn excellence , which in time must have tended to
consolidate a general good , and gpne far to have removed , in the most effectual manner , the remaining prejudices of the uninitiated . Lord Durham coincided generall y in the NECESSITY OF IMPROVEMENT , and forcibl y illustrated the truth of his father ' s observation — " that improvement should be effected upon proper princi ples , and every reparation be made in the
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The Freemason's Quarterly Review.
Scarcel y have ei ghteen months elapsed , and Lord Durham , in consequence of his new duties as ambassador to the court of Russia ,-has resigned the Masonic office . Adverting to that quotation from his lordship ' s eloquent address which precedes our remarks , Ave must , as
Masons , avoid most carefull y , not merely the discussion of , but eA-en an allusion to , politics , unless in that unobjectionable manner which merel y tends to illustrate the beauty of our especial Order ; and it is in this sense Ave most unequiA'Ocall y express- our conviction , that under any extraordinary
circumstances which , may call for the exercise of the talents of our noble Brother , there will be brought into operation the powers of a lofty and enli g htened mind calculated to dignify
any mission ; and , still avoiding any political discussion , but presuming the existence of some necessary examination which may demand all the careful vi g ilance of the statesman , the Englishman must feel a confidence that the honour of his country will be respected .
Still to the Craft , the loss , however temporary , of so bri g ht an ornament , will be severel y felt . His lordshi p commenced his metropolitan duties under very peculiar but happy auspices . His judicious and firm , yet careful and urbane deportment , created an immediate confidence among
the Members of the Grancl Loclge ; ancl it is not too much to state that his lordshi p was , perhaps , unconsciously the means of evoking , as it were , a spirit of emulation akin to his OAvn excellence , which in time must have tended to
consolidate a general good , and gpne far to have removed , in the most effectual manner , the remaining prejudices of the uninitiated . Lord Durham coincided generall y in the NECESSITY OF IMPROVEMENT , and forcibl y illustrated the truth of his father ' s observation — " that improvement should be effected upon proper princi ples , and every reparation be made in the