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To The Editor.
not entirely exclude the less wealthy of our fraternity from a participation in the advantages of Life Assurance with their more affluent Brethren ; ancl also that my own position on the establishment , if not such as I had been very early led to expect , and my labours had by that time entitled me to , would yet be one that I coulcl retain without severely wounding my self-respect . But I then became for the first time aware that the views of a majority of the directors had undergone an entire
change , both as to the principle upon which the Society was to be worked , and as to my own station and remuneration . In short , that every previous proceeding was to be entirely set aside , and the society to be exclusively based upon the deed of settlement then preparing . The extent to which that intention has been carriecl is evident from the fact , that the prospectus ultimately issued to the public by the Ark Societydiffers toto ceelo from the oriinal announcementand from the
, g , prospectus upon which was obtained the adhesion of some of the trustees and auditors . Under these circumstances , I had no alternative but to send in my resignation , and an application for a pecuniary recompense commensurate with the time and labour I had bestowed , and the expectations I had been encouraged to entertain . My resignation was accepted , and a sum of money paid to me , which , if not fully equal to my own opinion of
the case , was at all events a tangible acknowledgment . And whatever disappointment I then experienced , looking now to what the Ark Society and the Masonic Association respectively are , I cannot but be satisfied ¦ with the change . Thus accounting for my secession from the Ark , I assume the query of why I joined the Masonic , and reply by referring to the prospectus of each ; a comparison will satisfy all who are acquainted ivith my
utilitarian principles , ancl my aversion to having the Craft , or any other portion of society , used as a means to an end without a reciprocity of advantages , that a connexion with the Masonic Association cannot be otherwise than gratifying to , Dear Sir and Brother , Yours fraternally and very truly , Moira Chambers , J . LEE STEVENS . 17 , Ironmonger Lane , 21 st Sept . 1839 .
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To The Editor.
not entirely exclude the less wealthy of our fraternity from a participation in the advantages of Life Assurance with their more affluent Brethren ; ancl also that my own position on the establishment , if not such as I had been very early led to expect , and my labours had by that time entitled me to , would yet be one that I coulcl retain without severely wounding my self-respect . But I then became for the first time aware that the views of a majority of the directors had undergone an entire
change , both as to the principle upon which the Society was to be worked , and as to my own station and remuneration . In short , that every previous proceeding was to be entirely set aside , and the society to be exclusively based upon the deed of settlement then preparing . The extent to which that intention has been carriecl is evident from the fact , that the prospectus ultimately issued to the public by the Ark Societydiffers toto ceelo from the oriinal announcementand from the
, g , prospectus upon which was obtained the adhesion of some of the trustees and auditors . Under these circumstances , I had no alternative but to send in my resignation , and an application for a pecuniary recompense commensurate with the time and labour I had bestowed , and the expectations I had been encouraged to entertain . My resignation was accepted , and a sum of money paid to me , which , if not fully equal to my own opinion of
the case , was at all events a tangible acknowledgment . And whatever disappointment I then experienced , looking now to what the Ark Society and the Masonic Association respectively are , I cannot but be satisfied ¦ with the change . Thus accounting for my secession from the Ark , I assume the query of why I joined the Masonic , and reply by referring to the prospectus of each ; a comparison will satisfy all who are acquainted ivith my
utilitarian principles , ancl my aversion to having the Craft , or any other portion of society , used as a means to an end without a reciprocity of advantages , that a connexion with the Masonic Association cannot be otherwise than gratifying to , Dear Sir and Brother , Yours fraternally and very truly , Moira Chambers , J . LEE STEVENS . 17 , Ironmonger Lane , 21 st Sept . 1839 .