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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
THE FREEMASONS ' QUARTERLY REVIEW .
NEW SERIES . —MARCH , 1814 .
" I have ever felt it my duty to support and encourage its principles and practice , because it powerfully clcvclopcs all social and benevolent aflection .. ; because it mitigates without , and annihilates within , the virulence of political aud theological controversy—because it afford .- * the only neutral ground on -which all ranks and classes can meet jn perfect equality , and associate without degradation or mortification , whether for purposes of moral instruction or social intercourse . "—The EARL OF DURHAM on Freemasonry , 21 st . Jan ., 18 ^ 4 . *« This obedience , which must be vigorously observed , does not prevent us , however , from investigating tlie inconvenience of laws , which at the time they were framed may bave been political , prudent—nay , even necessary ; but now , from a total change of circumstances and events , may have " become unjust , oppressive , and equally useless . * * * * acts to the law who himself to the letter
' '' Justinian declares that he contrary , confining , acts contrary to the spirit and interest of it . "—H . R . H . the DUKE OK SUSSEX . April 21 , 1 HI 2 . House of Lords . * THE GRAND MASTER . SINCE the year 1782—sixty-two years ago—the Grand
Lodge of England has been presided over consecutively by illustrious Brethren of the Royal Family ; viz . from 17 . 82 to 1790 by H . R . H . the Duke of Cumberland , who was succeeded by H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , on whose retirement in 1813 his late R . H . the Duke of Sussex was elected , and who continued as Grand Master until his
lamented decease in 1843 , after a government of thirty years ! "With the exception , of H . R . H . the Duke of Cambridge , the sons of King George the Third were all initiated into Freemasonry ; and all of them , except his Majesty the King of Hanover are now no longer of this world . On the lamented demise of the late Royal Grand
Master , we took occasion to advert to the circumstance that the Constitutions had provided for the occasion by the exercising functions of Grand Master officially devolving on the Pro-Grand Master , the Earl of Zetland ; and it is ¦ with feelings of sincere congratulation that the English
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
THE FREEMASONS ' QUARTERLY REVIEW .
NEW SERIES . —MARCH , 1814 .
" I have ever felt it my duty to support and encourage its principles and practice , because it powerfully clcvclopcs all social and benevolent aflection .. ; because it mitigates without , and annihilates within , the virulence of political aud theological controversy—because it afford .- * the only neutral ground on -which all ranks and classes can meet jn perfect equality , and associate without degradation or mortification , whether for purposes of moral instruction or social intercourse . "—The EARL OF DURHAM on Freemasonry , 21 st . Jan ., 18 ^ 4 . *« This obedience , which must be vigorously observed , does not prevent us , however , from investigating tlie inconvenience of laws , which at the time they were framed may bave been political , prudent—nay , even necessary ; but now , from a total change of circumstances and events , may have " become unjust , oppressive , and equally useless . * * * * acts to the law who himself to the letter
' '' Justinian declares that he contrary , confining , acts contrary to the spirit and interest of it . "—H . R . H . the DUKE OK SUSSEX . April 21 , 1 HI 2 . House of Lords . * THE GRAND MASTER . SINCE the year 1782—sixty-two years ago—the Grand
Lodge of England has been presided over consecutively by illustrious Brethren of the Royal Family ; viz . from 17 . 82 to 1790 by H . R . H . the Duke of Cumberland , who was succeeded by H . R . H . the Prince of Wales , on whose retirement in 1813 his late R . H . the Duke of Sussex was elected , and who continued as Grand Master until his
lamented decease in 1843 , after a government of thirty years ! "With the exception , of H . R . H . the Duke of Cambridge , the sons of King George the Third were all initiated into Freemasonry ; and all of them , except his Majesty the King of Hanover are now no longer of this world . On the lamented demise of the late Royal Grand
Master , we took occasion to advert to the circumstance that the Constitutions had provided for the occasion by the exercising functions of Grand Master officially devolving on the Pro-Grand Master , the Earl of Zetland ; and it is ¦ with feelings of sincere congratulation that the English