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Article THE PORTRAIT GALLERY, No. 3. Page 1 of 4 →
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The Portrait Gallery, No. 3.
THE PORTRAIT GALLERY , No . 3 .
THE R . W . BROTHER CRUCEFIX , LL . D ., P . S . G . D . AND P . S . G . W . { Mass . - )
" I knew him as myself : we have conversed and spent hours together * * * Tet hath Sir Proteus made use and fair advantage of his days . His experience old , his judgment ripe , and in a word ( for far behind his worth come all the praises that I now hestow ) he is complete in feature and in mind , with all good grace to grace a gentleman . "— Two Gentlemen of Verona . Op all men in Masonry , perhaps no one has filled , and continues to
occupy , so large a space in the public interest as Dr . Crucefix . Hence the necessity of an accurate portraiture of his character as a Mason , and the qualities of his mind as a public man . Our distinguished brother is a tabooed Mason , or in other words , — proscribed . But by whom ? The answer is , by the imperial purples —by the men of his own Order , —who envious of the virtues they despair of imitating , and of the talents they cannot share , seek solace in the ignominy of revenge , and consolation in the fatuity of detraction .
Let us at once boldly grapple with facts . Has any living Mason done more to promote the usefulness or interests of the fraternity than Dr . Crucefix ? Has any one done so much ? If so , where is the man ? Has any member done more to assert the inalienable rights of the Grand Lodge—to vindicate the free expression of opinion—to uphold privilege against power , and to throw open the claim to discuss and the right to
judge ? If so , where is the man ? Has any one , in so large a spirit and degree , ever given to charitable objects that practical embodiment by which the honor of Masonry has been promoted , and the sum of human misery lessened or alleviated ? The answer must be , —no one . Standing then as a great land-mark , in vain may the waves of envy and power lash their impotent fury : the name and memory of this
noble-minded Mason will remain imperishable , whilst his butterfl y opponents will float down the stream of time , as " things " existing for their own aggrandisement and the venal purposes of their creation . VOL . VII . 1 I
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The Portrait Gallery, No. 3.
THE PORTRAIT GALLERY , No . 3 .
THE R . W . BROTHER CRUCEFIX , LL . D ., P . S . G . D . AND P . S . G . W . { Mass . - )
" I knew him as myself : we have conversed and spent hours together * * * Tet hath Sir Proteus made use and fair advantage of his days . His experience old , his judgment ripe , and in a word ( for far behind his worth come all the praises that I now hestow ) he is complete in feature and in mind , with all good grace to grace a gentleman . "— Two Gentlemen of Verona . Op all men in Masonry , perhaps no one has filled , and continues to
occupy , so large a space in the public interest as Dr . Crucefix . Hence the necessity of an accurate portraiture of his character as a Mason , and the qualities of his mind as a public man . Our distinguished brother is a tabooed Mason , or in other words , — proscribed . But by whom ? The answer is , by the imperial purples —by the men of his own Order , —who envious of the virtues they despair of imitating , and of the talents they cannot share , seek solace in the ignominy of revenge , and consolation in the fatuity of detraction .
Let us at once boldly grapple with facts . Has any living Mason done more to promote the usefulness or interests of the fraternity than Dr . Crucefix ? Has any one done so much ? If so , where is the man ? Has any member done more to assert the inalienable rights of the Grand Lodge—to vindicate the free expression of opinion—to uphold privilege against power , and to throw open the claim to discuss and the right to
judge ? If so , where is the man ? Has any one , in so large a spirit and degree , ever given to charitable objects that practical embodiment by which the honor of Masonry has been promoted , and the sum of human misery lessened or alleviated ? The answer must be , —no one . Standing then as a great land-mark , in vain may the waves of envy and power lash their impotent fury : the name and memory of this
noble-minded Mason will remain imperishable , whilst his butterfl y opponents will float down the stream of time , as " things " existing for their own aggrandisement and the venal purposes of their creation . VOL . VII . 1 I