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Article AHOAOriA 2QKPATOY2, OR , THE DEFENCE OF SOCRATES. ← Page 7 of 7 Article LECTURE ON FREEMASONRY, Page 1 of 7 →
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Ahoaoria 2qkpatoy2, Or , The Defence Of Socrates.
to the ground . Now , if I corrupt them unintentionally , supposing it to be proved that I do corrupt them at all , the Law does not empower 3 ou to bring me here before this tribunal to be judged of offences committed undesignedly . ( To he continued . ) [ NOTET O the EditorSirI plead guilty to all the charges . In the note to Mr . Slade ' s
. . , Translation , the word German was so clearly written Grecian in the MS . that I am at a loss to conceive how I could have made so palpable a blunder—for be it understood we devils really consider ourselves clever . —Anytus too has been shamefully used by being called Augtus—but Mr . Editor , there are many other errors which have escaped your eye—and " we entreat you ( . being all wrong together ) to make some apology for us , as well as for yourself . P . D . There has been so much inattention to Mr . Slade ' s last communication , that we feel bound to adopt the advice of our P . D . and to throw ourselves upon the clemency of our correspondent . ED . ]
Lecture On Freemasonry,
LECTURE ON FREEMASONRY ,
BY BROTnER F . C . HUSENBETH , P . D . PROV . GRAND MASTER FOR BRISTOL . Bristol , 2 nd February , 1835 . TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASON ' S QUARTERLY REVIEW . RESPECTED BROTHER , —Having , as a subscriber to your Freemason ' s RevieAV , read many excellent things therein , and sincerely hoping that a Journalso desirable and useful to our Orderwill meet with a
Avell-, , merited encouragement , I have ventured to request you to insert the following extracts from Lectures , wliich I have occasionally delivered to my Brethren of the P . G . Loclge of Bristol , during the long period I had the honour of presiding over them , as their D . P . Grand Master . In the folloAving observations , I have no other vieAV but to endeavour to do away or correct some erroneous notions . In the folloAving essay I shall have frequently occasion to leave the string of my narration , and
to lead my readers to the principles of our modern Craft-masonry ; which indulgence I trust will be granted me , without being accused of being vague , or wandering from my subject , Avhich , since my sole aim is to prove , if possible , that our Order has a much more noble claim for its ori g in than Avhat is generally supposed , and that the similarity of Freemasonry Avith the ancientSecretlnstitutions is so very great , that I confidentlhope so trifling a digression will be pardoned .
y Should the folloAving lines be such as to merit insertion in your Journal , I shall feel obliged by your laying them before ray Masonic Brethren , AVIIO alone are able to judge of the correctness or incorrectness of my assertions . I remain , very Fraternally , Respected Brother ,
Your obedient Servant and Brother , F . C . HUSENBETH , P . D . Prov . Grand Master for Bristol . THE endless conjectures and speculations on the orig in of Freemasonry , in this , as well as in other countries , that have SAvelled the willing pages of pretended histories of our Order , have also roused my pen to endeavour to trace its origin from a source , Avhich appears to me to come VOL . II . 2 lv
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Ahoaoria 2qkpatoy2, Or , The Defence Of Socrates.
to the ground . Now , if I corrupt them unintentionally , supposing it to be proved that I do corrupt them at all , the Law does not empower 3 ou to bring me here before this tribunal to be judged of offences committed undesignedly . ( To he continued . ) [ NOTET O the EditorSirI plead guilty to all the charges . In the note to Mr . Slade ' s
. . , Translation , the word German was so clearly written Grecian in the MS . that I am at a loss to conceive how I could have made so palpable a blunder—for be it understood we devils really consider ourselves clever . —Anytus too has been shamefully used by being called Augtus—but Mr . Editor , there are many other errors which have escaped your eye—and " we entreat you ( . being all wrong together ) to make some apology for us , as well as for yourself . P . D . There has been so much inattention to Mr . Slade ' s last communication , that we feel bound to adopt the advice of our P . D . and to throw ourselves upon the clemency of our correspondent . ED . ]
Lecture On Freemasonry,
LECTURE ON FREEMASONRY ,
BY BROTnER F . C . HUSENBETH , P . D . PROV . GRAND MASTER FOR BRISTOL . Bristol , 2 nd February , 1835 . TO THE EDITOR OF THE FREEMASON ' S QUARTERLY REVIEW . RESPECTED BROTHER , —Having , as a subscriber to your Freemason ' s RevieAV , read many excellent things therein , and sincerely hoping that a Journalso desirable and useful to our Orderwill meet with a
Avell-, , merited encouragement , I have ventured to request you to insert the following extracts from Lectures , wliich I have occasionally delivered to my Brethren of the P . G . Loclge of Bristol , during the long period I had the honour of presiding over them , as their D . P . Grand Master . In the folloAving observations , I have no other vieAV but to endeavour to do away or correct some erroneous notions . In the folloAving essay I shall have frequently occasion to leave the string of my narration , and
to lead my readers to the principles of our modern Craft-masonry ; which indulgence I trust will be granted me , without being accused of being vague , or wandering from my subject , Avhich , since my sole aim is to prove , if possible , that our Order has a much more noble claim for its ori g in than Avhat is generally supposed , and that the similarity of Freemasonry Avith the ancientSecretlnstitutions is so very great , that I confidentlhope so trifling a digression will be pardoned .
y Should the folloAving lines be such as to merit insertion in your Journal , I shall feel obliged by your laying them before ray Masonic Brethren , AVIIO alone are able to judge of the correctness or incorrectness of my assertions . I remain , very Fraternally , Respected Brother ,
Your obedient Servant and Brother , F . C . HUSENBETH , P . D . Prov . Grand Master for Bristol . THE endless conjectures and speculations on the orig in of Freemasonry , in this , as well as in other countries , that have SAvelled the willing pages of pretended histories of our Order , have also roused my pen to endeavour to trace its origin from a source , Avhich appears to me to come VOL . II . 2 lv