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Review Of Literature, &C.
second volume , and contains much valuable information . Indeed , wc should have quoted largel y ( acknowledging the same , ) but our pages have been pre-occupied ; hereafter we shall refer to this magazine , if we are fortunate enough to receive it . We perceive our contemporary does not disdain to select some of our articles ; a compliment we duly appreciate . Cours Philosophique et Interpretatif des Initiations Anciemies et
Modemes . Par J . M . Ragon . 1 vol . Svo . Paris , 1841 , pp . 410 . —The author of this work , a very learned and experienced Mason , has—for its publication—had the sanction of the highest Masonic authority in France , the Lodge des Trinosophes ; and perhaps no better description can be given of the author ' s views and intentions in its publication , than what is said in the report of that Lodge to the G-O . of France . The author purposes , in the words of the report , to prove that " Masonry
is a science worthy of the consideration and reflection of wise men of all ages , as offering three great subjects for contemplation ; it presents the image of antiquity , a picture of the leading causes of the universe , and is the book in which are written the moral rules of all nations , and the code which should govern them . " This course of lectures consists of nine divisions , in which various degrees of Masonry , commencing with the first and ending with the thirty-third , or Kadosch , are commented
on and illustrated . Certainly , these lectures abound with original views , apt illustrations , and every good evidence of the depth of the author ' s researches . In common with his countrymen , the author too frequentl y rises into transcendentalism , and too often loses sight of the fact , that Masonry and Religion are not opposed ; but for these faults , the work would be very perfect . To the English Mason , as affording the means of acquainting himself with foreign rites and orders , and at
the same time , as furnishing him with many materials for contemplation , we cordiall y recommend Bro . Ragon ' s lectures , of which it were much to be desired that some competent Brother would undertake the translation .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
A LEGIST . —An engravingof Landseer ' s clever picture , * ' Laying down the Law , " is published , the likeness of every dog is Masonieally correct ; the engraving is worth a "Jew ' s eye . " > BRO . GILES Puxnunv—We feel anything but vexation at a letter which is not only ingenious in its reasoning , but written , as wc believe , in a good spirit . The " vexata . qucst ' to , " was not of our raising , and we refer G . D * to the conduct of our predecessor , who , during the long period of his persecution , carefully avoided all comment , until , by the conclusion of a mockery of justice , the affair became a matter of history , with which we dealt accordingly . The office of a Journalist is to write the TRUTH ; that we have not given all is a very fair
charge , and wc plead guilty to the soft impeachment ; but we declined to do so in forbearance , giving enough for justice and honesty . There may be some who think with our correspondent , and Ave respect their motives ; there are many Avho agree with us . We shall not attempt to realise the fable of the old man , his son , anil the ass—but taking our correspondent ' s suggestion in good part , will ( unless compelled by necessity to act otherwise , ) endeavour to clothe the " naked truth" with a Masonic garment . If G . D . had been in the habit of attending the G . L ., he would have laid the charge of a " Sneering unmanly style " on very different shoulders ; however , as an earnest of good-will to our correspondent , we
give , in another place , an extract from his letter . He is , however , requested most distinctly to understand , that as our pride has not been wounded , or our ambition disappointed , so tliesimile of "inoculation" is a " non sequitur . " BUD , C . CLAPIMM , and several other friends , arc thanked for their communications and
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Review Of Literature, &C.
second volume , and contains much valuable information . Indeed , wc should have quoted largel y ( acknowledging the same , ) but our pages have been pre-occupied ; hereafter we shall refer to this magazine , if we are fortunate enough to receive it . We perceive our contemporary does not disdain to select some of our articles ; a compliment we duly appreciate . Cours Philosophique et Interpretatif des Initiations Anciemies et
Modemes . Par J . M . Ragon . 1 vol . Svo . Paris , 1841 , pp . 410 . —The author of this work , a very learned and experienced Mason , has—for its publication—had the sanction of the highest Masonic authority in France , the Lodge des Trinosophes ; and perhaps no better description can be given of the author ' s views and intentions in its publication , than what is said in the report of that Lodge to the G-O . of France . The author purposes , in the words of the report , to prove that " Masonry
is a science worthy of the consideration and reflection of wise men of all ages , as offering three great subjects for contemplation ; it presents the image of antiquity , a picture of the leading causes of the universe , and is the book in which are written the moral rules of all nations , and the code which should govern them . " This course of lectures consists of nine divisions , in which various degrees of Masonry , commencing with the first and ending with the thirty-third , or Kadosch , are commented
on and illustrated . Certainly , these lectures abound with original views , apt illustrations , and every good evidence of the depth of the author ' s researches . In common with his countrymen , the author too frequentl y rises into transcendentalism , and too often loses sight of the fact , that Masonry and Religion are not opposed ; but for these faults , the work would be very perfect . To the English Mason , as affording the means of acquainting himself with foreign rites and orders , and at
the same time , as furnishing him with many materials for contemplation , we cordiall y recommend Bro . Ragon ' s lectures , of which it were much to be desired that some competent Brother would undertake the translation .
To Correspondents.
TO CORRESPONDENTS .
A LEGIST . —An engravingof Landseer ' s clever picture , * ' Laying down the Law , " is published , the likeness of every dog is Masonieally correct ; the engraving is worth a "Jew ' s eye . " > BRO . GILES Puxnunv—We feel anything but vexation at a letter which is not only ingenious in its reasoning , but written , as wc believe , in a good spirit . The " vexata . qucst ' to , " was not of our raising , and we refer G . D * to the conduct of our predecessor , who , during the long period of his persecution , carefully avoided all comment , until , by the conclusion of a mockery of justice , the affair became a matter of history , with which we dealt accordingly . The office of a Journalist is to write the TRUTH ; that we have not given all is a very fair
charge , and wc plead guilty to the soft impeachment ; but we declined to do so in forbearance , giving enough for justice and honesty . There may be some who think with our correspondent , and Ave respect their motives ; there are many Avho agree with us . We shall not attempt to realise the fable of the old man , his son , anil the ass—but taking our correspondent ' s suggestion in good part , will ( unless compelled by necessity to act otherwise , ) endeavour to clothe the " naked truth" with a Masonic garment . If G . D . had been in the habit of attending the G . L ., he would have laid the charge of a " Sneering unmanly style " on very different shoulders ; however , as an earnest of good-will to our correspondent , we
give , in another place , an extract from his letter . He is , however , requested most distinctly to understand , that as our pride has not been wounded , or our ambition disappointed , so tliesimile of "inoculation" is a " non sequitur . " BUD , C . CLAPIMM , and several other friends , arc thanked for their communications and