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hood are ever ready to assist each other , but it is a serious tax upon the kindness and the time of those who are able to afford instruction : and nothing but necessity ought to induce a stupid fellow , like myself for example , to make such a demand . If , however , any Brother would condescend to receive remuneration in exchange for his valuable knowledge , and which can only be acquired by word of mouth , —I , for one , would ladly avail myself of such a resource .
g 'Tis true we have Lodges of Instruction ; but a man may attend one regularl y for years without , perhaps , being able to acquire the necessary knowledge . It is only piecemeal , and not in the mass , that many , and possibly the generality of intellects , can acquire and retain all that ought to be learnt and remembered . Anil even in tliese Lodges of Improvement or Instruction , how few there are who can work well the different offices they hold in rotation , and how very rare are the
instances to be met with of those who are perfect in the Lectures . If you can suggest any method by which we may acquire the necessary knowledge to fit us—for I do not deem the mere investiture with a collar sufficient—for properly filling any office to which we may be called , you will , I think , be conferring an obligation on many , and most especially on Yoursfraternall
, y , March , 1842 . TYRO . QWe have a shrewd guess as to who is verily our Correspondent , and feel he will not find it amiss forthwith to seek out Bro . Major Beniowski , who in the matter of memory dealeth largely at small profit . TYRO ' letter is worth y of consideration . " )
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TO THE EDITOR .
SIR , —Au error appears in your last number , page 426 : in reporting the proceedings of " The Crucefix Testimonial , " the rev . Chairman is made to say , " Whether in the viceregal fetes of Dublin , or the fancy balls of Caledonia : " the words used were , " the fancy balls of Cork . " " I am your obedient servant , Jan . 31 sU 842 . A P . M .
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TO THE EDITOR .
Huddersfield , Feb . 2 nd , 1842 . SIR , —In your Review of Literature in your last number , you notice No . 3 , of Brother Walton ' s Masonic Melodies , " When friendship , love and truth abound , " and make some very just remarks respecting it . There is , however , an error in the complimentary allusions you make to Brother Charles Lee , to whom that composition is very worthily dedicatedwhich I beg to correct .
, Bro . Lee is the Dep . P . G . M . of West Yorkshire , and not of the East Division of Lancashire , as stated by you ; and you did but bare justice in saying that , "a more excellent Mason does not honour the Craft . " To his untiring exertions and great influence ( influence derived alone from his benign example ) in the cause of Masonry , must , in a great measure be attributed the flourishing and prosperous state
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To The Editor.
hood are ever ready to assist each other , but it is a serious tax upon the kindness and the time of those who are able to afford instruction : and nothing but necessity ought to induce a stupid fellow , like myself for example , to make such a demand . If , however , any Brother would condescend to receive remuneration in exchange for his valuable knowledge , and which can only be acquired by word of mouth , —I , for one , would ladly avail myself of such a resource .
g 'Tis true we have Lodges of Instruction ; but a man may attend one regularl y for years without , perhaps , being able to acquire the necessary knowledge . It is only piecemeal , and not in the mass , that many , and possibly the generality of intellects , can acquire and retain all that ought to be learnt and remembered . Anil even in tliese Lodges of Improvement or Instruction , how few there are who can work well the different offices they hold in rotation , and how very rare are the
instances to be met with of those who are perfect in the Lectures . If you can suggest any method by which we may acquire the necessary knowledge to fit us—for I do not deem the mere investiture with a collar sufficient—for properly filling any office to which we may be called , you will , I think , be conferring an obligation on many , and most especially on Yoursfraternall
, y , March , 1842 . TYRO . QWe have a shrewd guess as to who is verily our Correspondent , and feel he will not find it amiss forthwith to seek out Bro . Major Beniowski , who in the matter of memory dealeth largely at small profit . TYRO ' letter is worth y of consideration . " )
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
SIR , —Au error appears in your last number , page 426 : in reporting the proceedings of " The Crucefix Testimonial , " the rev . Chairman is made to say , " Whether in the viceregal fetes of Dublin , or the fancy balls of Caledonia : " the words used were , " the fancy balls of Cork . " " I am your obedient servant , Jan . 31 sU 842 . A P . M .
To The Editor.
TO THE EDITOR .
Huddersfield , Feb . 2 nd , 1842 . SIR , —In your Review of Literature in your last number , you notice No . 3 , of Brother Walton ' s Masonic Melodies , " When friendship , love and truth abound , " and make some very just remarks respecting it . There is , however , an error in the complimentary allusions you make to Brother Charles Lee , to whom that composition is very worthily dedicatedwhich I beg to correct .
, Bro . Lee is the Dep . P . G . M . of West Yorkshire , and not of the East Division of Lancashire , as stated by you ; and you did but bare justice in saying that , "a more excellent Mason does not honour the Craft . " To his untiring exertions and great influence ( influence derived alone from his benign example ) in the cause of Masonry , must , in a great measure be attributed the flourishing and prosperous state