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" If It Was One Of The ' Original Princi...
Having thus exposed the most disgusting feature in your libel , I feel some repugnance at proceeding further . " One cannot touch pitch without being defiled . Yet Justice demands a more complete exhibition of your vice . In her sight an untruth is not less an untruth because a greater has been told .
Following up the giant falsehood of your troop , you say , "This striking illustration of the principle , " met with no favour , and S ^ bers / ?^ ed the principle , and scouted the illustration , wi \ i ¦ , 9 ruefa > withdrew from the Society , to indulge his disinterested indignation at selfishness , and the abandonment of such an original principle .. "
wilf , ™ , ? ? occurred , and taken as a whole , was declared to have met with favour , I have sufficientl y shewn ; and it might be enough to say of the remaining part of the preceding extract , that Dr . Crucefix did Lt Math Tn J ™ . - S ° Clety- F ° e at a much Iater P eriod *^ the 23 rd WM ™ ii" " ? f any order of the Board , whose entire functions you seldom hesitated to assume , but bv vour «» . ra , rt !™ , H „„ .
wr . orucetix was no longer invited to attend . The omission occurred thus —having previousl y received directions from the Board to obtain the Secretary s signature to all notices , I presented to him those I had prepared for an ensuing meeting , and he declined si gning the one * « ? fc D 0 C \ ° ; Mter e ? P ressi "S my astonishment at this , ? went , with his consent to your residence , that I might be satisfied of the propriety of his objection , and you gave me exnress , l , Wi J ? ° l
. ueputy Chairman , not to summon Dr . Crucefix again ' ' cn IT 0 tlCe ° ^ -stetement more . The virus of untruth runs so rabidl y m your veins , that you cannot refer to even an incidental point correctl y , if its misrepresentation will seemingly aid you " After S f ^ " ^ Proposition made "In the outset of the Sockg ? you add , It was also proposed to add a ' Saving ' s Bank , ' & c " In the name of over-worked mendacitywhdid venture ?
, y you upon this Why squander another falsehood so wantonl y ? Most true it is that a Miitull ^ efl iTrtTn t ' ° mplete totce ' orunder some modificationor other , had been long entertained ; but a " Saving * Bank , " was never mentioned m connexion with "The Ark Society , " in any proceeding announcement , or prospectus whatever ' y P roceecun S >
iinilvt \ ' you sha 1 be told why the task of chastising you was AriK ? ^ me . H aving been present at every meeting of " The Ark Society from the commencement to a later period thar ! was occupied by the events you have pretended to narrate , and having kenuhe Sll ^ vu * l S P ^ cedence ' to no onITn poTnt of information whilst as a contributor , although a very humble one to the freemasons' Quarterl ReviaoI be ^ to feel
y , may expected , somewhat vn ra tWrE y diZ Ann l ! aCk Up 0 " ite ^> - ' ^ ly , and ] ustly JSilTli A"d ookmg at you as but , at the best , a very puny uponTou If von 2 f ° ,-l 7 , l 6 ade - - WaSte his more valuable tim ^ upon you . 11 you do not like the castigation you receive try vour hand again ; and , as another wilful brawler was one day told ^ schoo " ^^^ you have succeeded m beating the boys on the lower form von rn !"
-filM . . ngntjng a little higher up , and at last of having a bout with the master himself—but not till then . b I am , Sir , Your very humble Corrector J . LEE STEVENS .
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" If It Was One Of The ' Original Princi...
Having thus exposed the most disgusting feature in your libel , I feel some repugnance at proceeding further . " One cannot touch pitch without being defiled . Yet Justice demands a more complete exhibition of your vice . In her sight an untruth is not less an untruth because a greater has been told .
Following up the giant falsehood of your troop , you say , "This striking illustration of the principle , " met with no favour , and S ^ bers / ?^ ed the principle , and scouted the illustration , wi \ i ¦ , 9 ruefa > withdrew from the Society , to indulge his disinterested indignation at selfishness , and the abandonment of such an original principle .. "
wilf , ™ , ? ? occurred , and taken as a whole , was declared to have met with favour , I have sufficientl y shewn ; and it might be enough to say of the remaining part of the preceding extract , that Dr . Crucefix did Lt Math Tn J ™ . - S ° Clety- F ° e at a much Iater P eriod *^ the 23 rd WM ™ ii" " ? f any order of the Board , whose entire functions you seldom hesitated to assume , but bv vour «» . ra , rt !™ , H „„ .
wr . orucetix was no longer invited to attend . The omission occurred thus —having previousl y received directions from the Board to obtain the Secretary s signature to all notices , I presented to him those I had prepared for an ensuing meeting , and he declined si gning the one * « ? fc D 0 C \ ° ; Mter e ? P ressi "S my astonishment at this , ? went , with his consent to your residence , that I might be satisfied of the propriety of his objection , and you gave me exnress , l , Wi J ? ° l
. ueputy Chairman , not to summon Dr . Crucefix again ' ' cn IT 0 tlCe ° ^ -stetement more . The virus of untruth runs so rabidl y m your veins , that you cannot refer to even an incidental point correctl y , if its misrepresentation will seemingly aid you " After S f ^ " ^ Proposition made "In the outset of the Sockg ? you add , It was also proposed to add a ' Saving ' s Bank , ' & c " In the name of over-worked mendacitywhdid venture ?
, y you upon this Why squander another falsehood so wantonl y ? Most true it is that a Miitull ^ efl iTrtTn t ' ° mplete totce ' orunder some modificationor other , had been long entertained ; but a " Saving * Bank , " was never mentioned m connexion with "The Ark Society , " in any proceeding announcement , or prospectus whatever ' y P roceecun S >
iinilvt \ ' you sha 1 be told why the task of chastising you was AriK ? ^ me . H aving been present at every meeting of " The Ark Society from the commencement to a later period thar ! was occupied by the events you have pretended to narrate , and having kenuhe Sll ^ vu * l S P ^ cedence ' to no onITn poTnt of information whilst as a contributor , although a very humble one to the freemasons' Quarterl ReviaoI be ^ to feel
y , may expected , somewhat vn ra tWrE y diZ Ann l ! aCk Up 0 " ite ^> - ' ^ ly , and ] ustly JSilTli A"d ookmg at you as but , at the best , a very puny uponTou If von 2 f ° ,-l 7 , l 6 ade - - WaSte his more valuable tim ^ upon you . 11 you do not like the castigation you receive try vour hand again ; and , as another wilful brawler was one day told ^ schoo " ^^^ you have succeeded m beating the boys on the lower form von rn !"
-filM . . ngntjng a little higher up , and at last of having a bout with the master himself—but not till then . b I am , Sir , Your very humble Corrector J . LEE STEVENS .