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Brother Or No Brother; Or, Which Was The Wiser ?
BROTHER OR NO BROTHER ; OR , WHICH WAS THE WISER ?
By the Author of "Stray Leaves from a Freemason's Note-Book . " I .
II . Mr . Morshead , formerly a surgeon in India , who , by steady perseverance , force of character , and stern avoidance of all that bore even the semblance of what was base and unworthy , had risen from obscurity and indigence to station
and opulence , was supposed to be in dying circumstances . The parties whom he was addressing were his two sons , Philip and Rupert , youths very different in temperament and character , but both inexpressibly dear to their generous father . These , during his last interview on earth , he was most anxious to impress . He knew that his decease would render them both wealthy . Talent was theirs by inheritance ; and the added polish of education had not been wanting . The dying
" YOUR own feelings must dictate your decision : I can express no wish : make no suggestion—hut you have known my life-long devotion to Masonry , and the importance I have attached to its precepts . This is no hour for trifling , "—a spasm of acute pain contracted the features of the speaker , and enforced an involuntary pause ; " but specially an hour
for truth . I have never unduly exaggerated the force of Masonic principles ; never regarded them as superseding the highest and holiest of all teaching ; but as suggestive of it and . subsidiary to it . Whether , however , the connection of Masonry with my family terminates in my own person , — whether you eventuallbelong to the Craftor continue
y , strangers to it , —remember that he is deeply criminal who lives for himself alone . " But who was the speaker—who the listeners—and what were the accessories of the scene ?
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Brother Or No Brother; Or, Which Was The Wiser ?
BROTHER OR NO BROTHER ; OR , WHICH WAS THE WISER ?
By the Author of "Stray Leaves from a Freemason's Note-Book . " I .
II . Mr . Morshead , formerly a surgeon in India , who , by steady perseverance , force of character , and stern avoidance of all that bore even the semblance of what was base and unworthy , had risen from obscurity and indigence to station
and opulence , was supposed to be in dying circumstances . The parties whom he was addressing were his two sons , Philip and Rupert , youths very different in temperament and character , but both inexpressibly dear to their generous father . These , during his last interview on earth , he was most anxious to impress . He knew that his decease would render them both wealthy . Talent was theirs by inheritance ; and the added polish of education had not been wanting . The dying
" YOUR own feelings must dictate your decision : I can express no wish : make no suggestion—hut you have known my life-long devotion to Masonry , and the importance I have attached to its precepts . This is no hour for trifling , "—a spasm of acute pain contracted the features of the speaker , and enforced an involuntary pause ; " but specially an hour
for truth . I have never unduly exaggerated the force of Masonic principles ; never regarded them as superseding the highest and holiest of all teaching ; but as suggestive of it and . subsidiary to it . Whether , however , the connection of Masonry with my family terminates in my own person , — whether you eventuallbelong to the Craftor continue
y , strangers to it , —remember that he is deeply criminal who lives for himself alone . " But who was the speaker—who the listeners—and what were the accessories of the scene ?