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The General Assurance Advocate, And Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
THE GENERAL ASSURANCE ADVOCATE , AND FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW .
The Proprietor of the " Freemasons' Quarterly Review , " who has for many years devoted much attention to the subject of Assurance , and has also been an active co-operator in extending its benefits , has determined to add to the present size of that Review , and to devote the additional space to the advocacy of the principles of Assurance , and the present number is accordingly published under the above compound title . _ The portion devoted to the development of the princi ples and practice of will contain ori
Assurance , ginal articles bearing on the state of the law—indicating the nature of necessary reforms , and the means best calculated for obtaining them , and showing the advantages to arise from a judicious use by the people of the means within their reach , and the resources practically at their command for that purpose . Assurance , as a science yet in its infancy , will be written upon with a view to its improvement ; and delusive schemesholding out promises of advantages
, incapable of realization , will be unflinchingly and impartially exposed . Statistics and memoranda , having reference to Assurance , will be carefully collected , arranged , and commented upon ; and matters having an indirect influence upon the subject—such as the Sanitory state of the kingdom , and the prominent and avoidable causes of disease and death , will meet with due consideration .
When it is considered that scarcely one in three hundred of our population have availed themselves of the advantages which Life Assurance holds out to them , it does not seem improbable that a calm and impartial consideration of the subject , by an organ especially devoted to it , will be productive of considerable good ; and when attention is paid to the fact , that the aggregate capital represented by policies amounts to the vast sum of £ \ , 000 , 000 , 000 , it does not appear an unreasonable supposition that both Assurers and Assured will , with such immense interests at stake , consider it a matter both of interest and duty to support in their several ways a properly organized and conducted periodical devoted to the examination and consideration of their intei-psto
Such a periodical the Proprietor , aided by his long practical experience of the subject , hopes to be able to render the " General Assurance Advocate , and Freemasons' Quarterly Review ; " and he is enabled to offer this further advantage—that the publicity of his efforts will not rest upon any mere speculative probability of the circulation which the Assurance Advocate may obtain , the " Freemasons' Quarterly Review , " having a large bona fide circulation among an Order , the members of whichactuated b
, as they are y feelings of universal brotherhood and benevolence , must feel an interest in any subject calculated to promote the welfare of the community at large . Life Assurance , as such a beneficial means , is peculiarly capable of being favourably recommended to their notice , as almost the only commercial principle acting by association instead of competition , the progress of which is at once an indication of the social advancement of the people , and an engine for their further improvement and prosperity . The Proprietor has submitted these preliminary views in full confidence of a cordial and generous co-operation .
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The General Assurance Advocate, And Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
THE GENERAL ASSURANCE ADVOCATE , AND FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW .
The Proprietor of the " Freemasons' Quarterly Review , " who has for many years devoted much attention to the subject of Assurance , and has also been an active co-operator in extending its benefits , has determined to add to the present size of that Review , and to devote the additional space to the advocacy of the principles of Assurance , and the present number is accordingly published under the above compound title . _ The portion devoted to the development of the princi ples and practice of will contain ori
Assurance , ginal articles bearing on the state of the law—indicating the nature of necessary reforms , and the means best calculated for obtaining them , and showing the advantages to arise from a judicious use by the people of the means within their reach , and the resources practically at their command for that purpose . Assurance , as a science yet in its infancy , will be written upon with a view to its improvement ; and delusive schemesholding out promises of advantages
, incapable of realization , will be unflinchingly and impartially exposed . Statistics and memoranda , having reference to Assurance , will be carefully collected , arranged , and commented upon ; and matters having an indirect influence upon the subject—such as the Sanitory state of the kingdom , and the prominent and avoidable causes of disease and death , will meet with due consideration .
When it is considered that scarcely one in three hundred of our population have availed themselves of the advantages which Life Assurance holds out to them , it does not seem improbable that a calm and impartial consideration of the subject , by an organ especially devoted to it , will be productive of considerable good ; and when attention is paid to the fact , that the aggregate capital represented by policies amounts to the vast sum of £ \ , 000 , 000 , 000 , it does not appear an unreasonable supposition that both Assurers and Assured will , with such immense interests at stake , consider it a matter both of interest and duty to support in their several ways a properly organized and conducted periodical devoted to the examination and consideration of their intei-psto
Such a periodical the Proprietor , aided by his long practical experience of the subject , hopes to be able to render the " General Assurance Advocate , and Freemasons' Quarterly Review ; " and he is enabled to offer this further advantage—that the publicity of his efforts will not rest upon any mere speculative probability of the circulation which the Assurance Advocate may obtain , the " Freemasons' Quarterly Review , " having a large bona fide circulation among an Order , the members of whichactuated b
, as they are y feelings of universal brotherhood and benevolence , must feel an interest in any subject calculated to promote the welfare of the community at large . Life Assurance , as such a beneficial means , is peculiarly capable of being favourably recommended to their notice , as almost the only commercial principle acting by association instead of competition , the progress of which is at once an indication of the social advancement of the people , and an engine for their further improvement and prosperity . The Proprietor has submitted these preliminary views in full confidence of a cordial and generous co-operation .