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On Freemasonry,
ON FREEMASONRY ,
AS REGARDS ITS UNBOUNDED INFLUENCE ON THE MORAL AND SOCIAL CONDITION OF MAN . 15 Y THE REV . GEORGE OLIVER , D . D .
EDITORIAL PR / BCOGN 1 TION . ]) raw . Sir , ancient Pistol's below , antl would speak with you . Doll . Hang him , swaggering rascal ! Let him not come hither ; it is the foul mnuthedst rogue in England . Host . If he swagger , let him not come hither . No , hy my faith ; I must live amongst my neighbours ; I ' 11 no swaggerers . I am in good name aud fame with the very best . Shut the door;—there conies no swaggerers here ! I have not lived all this while , to have swaggering now . Shut the door , I pray you . - KING HENRY IV . " Ye sylphs ancl sylphids , to your chief give ear ; Fays , fairies , genii , elves , and demons , hear ! Ye know the spheres , and various tasks assign'd By laws eternal to the aerial kind . "—RAPE OF THE LOCK .
"As lam an honest man , I thought you had receiveci some bodily wound ; there is more offence in that than in reputation . Reputation is an idle and a false imposition ; oft got without merit , and lost without deserving . You have lost no reputation at all , unless you repute yourself such a loser . "—OTHELLO . " Hard by , a furious knight there dwelt , Of whom all towns did ring , For he could wrestle , play at quarter staff , kick , cuff , and huff , Gall son of a whore , clo any kind of thing ;' By the tail and the mane , with his hands twain , He swang a horse till he was dead ; Ancl that which is stranger , he for very anger Eat him all up but his head . " —DRAGON OF WANTLEY .
When men become candidates for literary fame they should prepare for the campaign , hy laying in a stock of ideas on those particular subjects which they propose to elucidate . The primer of knowledge should , at the least , be committed to memory . We are willing to admit that some bold adventurers , like the knight in our motto , bave achieved a transitory success without it , but this is not the lot of many ; and it is liable to be overthrown by the slightest accident , where the basis is unsound . But in the case of Freemasonry , we never knew an adversary who was not profoundly ignorant
of its first principles ; and we accordingly rind them all blundering on in the dark , till they tumble , one after another , into the pitfal of error , and flounder in miserable plight amidst the defilements of the slough of despond . To extricate these wretched drivellers from the mire of disappointment , we will address a few words of advice ,
TO AM . COWANS AND OPPONENTS OF FREEMASONRY , BOTH CLERICAL AND LAY . Dear Friends , —We greet you thrice heartily ; hoping your appetite is good and your digestive organs sound and healthy ; that , after you have perused our friendly and affectionate communication , you may proceed to dinner with all the solemnity and decorum which so momentous a business requires . Eating- , dear friends , is a necessary enjoyment , against which few are fastidious enough to enter a disclaimer ; but there is this difference between us and ycu , that we eat to live , while you appear to live for the sublime purpose of eating . And perhaps you may lie right ; as a full stomach is no VOL . vi . 3 c
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On Freemasonry,
ON FREEMASONRY ,
AS REGARDS ITS UNBOUNDED INFLUENCE ON THE MORAL AND SOCIAL CONDITION OF MAN . 15 Y THE REV . GEORGE OLIVER , D . D .
EDITORIAL PR / BCOGN 1 TION . ]) raw . Sir , ancient Pistol's below , antl would speak with you . Doll . Hang him , swaggering rascal ! Let him not come hither ; it is the foul mnuthedst rogue in England . Host . If he swagger , let him not come hither . No , hy my faith ; I must live amongst my neighbours ; I ' 11 no swaggerers . I am in good name aud fame with the very best . Shut the door;—there conies no swaggerers here ! I have not lived all this while , to have swaggering now . Shut the door , I pray you . - KING HENRY IV . " Ye sylphs ancl sylphids , to your chief give ear ; Fays , fairies , genii , elves , and demons , hear ! Ye know the spheres , and various tasks assign'd By laws eternal to the aerial kind . "—RAPE OF THE LOCK .
"As lam an honest man , I thought you had receiveci some bodily wound ; there is more offence in that than in reputation . Reputation is an idle and a false imposition ; oft got without merit , and lost without deserving . You have lost no reputation at all , unless you repute yourself such a loser . "—OTHELLO . " Hard by , a furious knight there dwelt , Of whom all towns did ring , For he could wrestle , play at quarter staff , kick , cuff , and huff , Gall son of a whore , clo any kind of thing ;' By the tail and the mane , with his hands twain , He swang a horse till he was dead ; Ancl that which is stranger , he for very anger Eat him all up but his head . " —DRAGON OF WANTLEY .
When men become candidates for literary fame they should prepare for the campaign , hy laying in a stock of ideas on those particular subjects which they propose to elucidate . The primer of knowledge should , at the least , be committed to memory . We are willing to admit that some bold adventurers , like the knight in our motto , bave achieved a transitory success without it , but this is not the lot of many ; and it is liable to be overthrown by the slightest accident , where the basis is unsound . But in the case of Freemasonry , we never knew an adversary who was not profoundly ignorant
of its first principles ; and we accordingly rind them all blundering on in the dark , till they tumble , one after another , into the pitfal of error , and flounder in miserable plight amidst the defilements of the slough of despond . To extricate these wretched drivellers from the mire of disappointment , we will address a few words of advice ,
TO AM . COWANS AND OPPONENTS OF FREEMASONRY , BOTH CLERICAL AND LAY . Dear Friends , —We greet you thrice heartily ; hoping your appetite is good and your digestive organs sound and healthy ; that , after you have perused our friendly and affectionate communication , you may proceed to dinner with all the solemnity and decorum which so momentous a business requires . Eating- , dear friends , is a necessary enjoyment , against which few are fastidious enough to enter a disclaimer ; but there is this difference between us and ycu , that we eat to live , while you appear to live for the sublime purpose of eating . And perhaps you may lie right ; as a full stomach is no VOL . vi . 3 c