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Envy.
innovation , innovation : "—the gurgling moan , the death shouts pioneer , as the soul reviews its bankrupt powers of happiness : —the virtue which deserves that each heart should be but one universal cenotaph , stigmatized as crime : —these , these are his joys ; and the springs of happiness thus poisoned at their source , he becomes at length but an animated libel on humanity , a living curse ; the external image of the Deity , possessing the internal passions of a demon .
We know that envy is but the homage which inferiority pays to excellence , and is the constant attendant on its existence : but how opposed is this to the plan of man ' s primary ordination ; and equally opposed to his present happiness as future improvement ; debasing his brightest aspirations , and crippling his noblest exertions .
Well is it for us that within the walls of Freemasonry this feeling may not enter ; but each one endeavouring to the utmost extension of his powers to promote the general happiness and welfare ; ancl allotting ungrudgingly to each , the merit which to each one is due , impresses the universal heart with the indissoluble seal of unity : ancl well is it : ' ) humanity at large , that here at least man may find a resting place , unclouded by prejudice and untainted by passion : else would the heavens
with all their gorgeous outlay of sparkling gems , become but one wide extended shroud ; and this earth with its shades ancl sunshine— -its beauteous furniture of mountains and vallies , with all their teeming mass of being , become but 'a pathless wilderness , and all its scenery one undivided blank .
The Freemason;
THE FREEMASON ;
A DRAMATIC SKETCH IN ONE ACT , IN VERSE . Imitated from the German .
DRAMATIS PERSON . SE . THE COUNT . THE BARON . HANS . CAROLINE . The scene is in a room in the COUNT ' house . SCENE - I .
CAROLINE alone . IT is no use , I question him in vain , For not one single thing will he explain ; All his replies serve only to perplex . How curiosity torments our sex ! All those mysterious secrets men conceal , We wish to know and want them to reveal ; Yet perhaps if we knew them , we might find That they are of no use to womankind ;
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Envy.
innovation , innovation : "—the gurgling moan , the death shouts pioneer , as the soul reviews its bankrupt powers of happiness : —the virtue which deserves that each heart should be but one universal cenotaph , stigmatized as crime : —these , these are his joys ; and the springs of happiness thus poisoned at their source , he becomes at length but an animated libel on humanity , a living curse ; the external image of the Deity , possessing the internal passions of a demon .
We know that envy is but the homage which inferiority pays to excellence , and is the constant attendant on its existence : but how opposed is this to the plan of man ' s primary ordination ; and equally opposed to his present happiness as future improvement ; debasing his brightest aspirations , and crippling his noblest exertions .
Well is it for us that within the walls of Freemasonry this feeling may not enter ; but each one endeavouring to the utmost extension of his powers to promote the general happiness and welfare ; ancl allotting ungrudgingly to each , the merit which to each one is due , impresses the universal heart with the indissoluble seal of unity : ancl well is it : ' ) humanity at large , that here at least man may find a resting place , unclouded by prejudice and untainted by passion : else would the heavens
with all their gorgeous outlay of sparkling gems , become but one wide extended shroud ; and this earth with its shades ancl sunshine— -its beauteous furniture of mountains and vallies , with all their teeming mass of being , become but 'a pathless wilderness , and all its scenery one undivided blank .
The Freemason;
THE FREEMASON ;
A DRAMATIC SKETCH IN ONE ACT , IN VERSE . Imitated from the German .
DRAMATIS PERSON . SE . THE COUNT . THE BARON . HANS . CAROLINE . The scene is in a room in the COUNT ' house . SCENE - I .
CAROLINE alone . IT is no use , I question him in vain , For not one single thing will he explain ; All his replies serve only to perplex . How curiosity torments our sex ! All those mysterious secrets men conceal , We wish to know and want them to reveal ; Yet perhaps if we knew them , we might find That they are of no use to womankind ;