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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW .
NEW SERIES . —SEPTEMBER , 1843 .
" I have ever felt it my duty to support and encourage its principles and practice , because it powerfully developes all social and benevolent affections ; because it mitigates without , and annihilates within , the virulence of political and theological controversy—because it affords the only neutral ground on which all ranks and classes can meet in perfect equality , and associate without degradation or mortification , whether for purposes of moral instruction or social intercourse . " —The EARL OF DURHAM on Freemasonry , 21 st . Jan ., 1834 . ** This obedience , which must be vigorously observed , does not prevent us , however , from investigating the inconvenience of laws , which at the time they were framed may have been
political , prudent—nay , even necessary ; but now , from a total change of circumstances and events , may have become unjust , oppressive , and equally useless . * * * * " Justhnan declares that he acts contrary to the law who , confining himself to the letter , acts contrary to the spirit and interest of it . " —H . R , H . the DUKE OF SUSSEX , April 21 , 1812 . House of Lords . * THE MASONIC INTERREGNUM .
THE OFFICE OF GRAND MASTER . —We have always held that the Book of Constitutions is so defective in most of its articles , as to render it difficult of comprehension , and certainly the recent revision has by no means improved it . The power of authority has been materially increased , at
the expense , of course , of the body politic ; with little exception , in such change will be found the only variation from the former . The late Book of Constitutions , however , taken as a whole , was at its commencement a pretty fair and honest attempt at reconciling the incongruities naturally growing out of the antagonistic interests of the two Masonic
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW .
NEW SERIES . —SEPTEMBER , 1843 .
" I have ever felt it my duty to support and encourage its principles and practice , because it powerfully developes all social and benevolent affections ; because it mitigates without , and annihilates within , the virulence of political and theological controversy—because it affords the only neutral ground on which all ranks and classes can meet in perfect equality , and associate without degradation or mortification , whether for purposes of moral instruction or social intercourse . " —The EARL OF DURHAM on Freemasonry , 21 st . Jan ., 1834 . ** This obedience , which must be vigorously observed , does not prevent us , however , from investigating the inconvenience of laws , which at the time they were framed may have been
political , prudent—nay , even necessary ; but now , from a total change of circumstances and events , may have become unjust , oppressive , and equally useless . * * * * " Justhnan declares that he acts contrary to the law who , confining himself to the letter , acts contrary to the spirit and interest of it . " —H . R , H . the DUKE OF SUSSEX , April 21 , 1812 . House of Lords . * THE MASONIC INTERREGNUM .
THE OFFICE OF GRAND MASTER . —We have always held that the Book of Constitutions is so defective in most of its articles , as to render it difficult of comprehension , and certainly the recent revision has by no means improved it . The power of authority has been materially increased , at
the expense , of course , of the body politic ; with little exception , in such change will be found the only variation from the former . The late Book of Constitutions , however , taken as a whole , was at its commencement a pretty fair and honest attempt at reconciling the incongruities naturally growing out of the antagonistic interests of the two Masonic