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Article EPISODES IN THE LIFE OF A FREEMASON. ← Page 4 of 9 →
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Episodes In The Life Of A Freemason.
determined and intentional deception . I quitted my father ' s house , ostensibly to return to college , Avhilst I fully intended all the time to make as quickly as possible for Dover , en route to Paris and Vienna .
" In so doing , I should doubtless haA'e incurred a pretty sharp rebuke from any rigid moralist , Avho might have been at my elboAA' , and perhaps I should have deseiwed it ; but AA'hat Avas to be done ? Had I breathed a syllable of my plan , it must have failed , and I xvas determined at all hazards to make the attempt : so I strained my consciencetried to believe that my end xvas a
, good one , and hoped that it Avould justify the means I xvas using ; a seductive species of philosophy , you AA'ill say , but so suitable to my position at that time , that I did not . care to dispute its truth .
"Avell , there I xvas then , a truant adventurer , about to seek my fortune in a foreign country , little regretting , it must be acknowledged , the classical haunts I was quitting for ever , ancl eager only to embrace in some xA'ay or other the visions of military glory , in xvhich I hacl so often indulged . " My first halt was at Paris , where I intended to remain a
few days , for the pm'pose of making some necessary arrangements for the furtherance of my plan . " I dare say you remember that , in your undergraduate days , your pockets were generally better filled at the beginning than at the end of a term : so it was with me ; but although I could hax'e stood a respectable siege from university ' duns , ' I xvas
scarcely in a condition to enter on a campaign , xvhich might last for some months , xvithout the assistance of additional supplies . I had all my baggage xvith me ; and , amongst other things , my Cremona violin , Avhich you have so often listened to in my rooms at . This was the most valuable piece of property I possessed , and moreover Avas the gift of a very kind uncle ; which of coxu-se , in my eyes , much enhanced its intrinsic worth . Still there xvas no other alternative— ' necessitas non habet
legem '—ancl I reluctantly determined on selling my favourite instrument . Accordingly I started in search of such shops as I coulcl fincl , AA'here my poor Cremona Avas likely to meet xvith a purchaser ; and tried to chive many a bargain without sxxecess . I Avas too Avell aAvare of the value of my A'iolin to let it go for any very inadequate price ; and as my immediate necessities Avere
not urgent , I waited a day or tAvo in hopes of some better fortune turning up . Ancl , as you xvill presently learn , I Avas more successful in this respect than the redoubtable MicaxA'ber . " NOAA ' , you must knoAV , that at this part of my story commences a neAV chain of circumstances , Avhich xvill probably invest E 2
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Episodes In The Life Of A Freemason.
determined and intentional deception . I quitted my father ' s house , ostensibly to return to college , Avhilst I fully intended all the time to make as quickly as possible for Dover , en route to Paris and Vienna .
" In so doing , I should doubtless haA'e incurred a pretty sharp rebuke from any rigid moralist , Avho might have been at my elboAA' , and perhaps I should have deseiwed it ; but AA'hat Avas to be done ? Had I breathed a syllable of my plan , it must have failed , and I xvas determined at all hazards to make the attempt : so I strained my consciencetried to believe that my end xvas a
, good one , and hoped that it Avould justify the means I xvas using ; a seductive species of philosophy , you AA'ill say , but so suitable to my position at that time , that I did not . care to dispute its truth .
"Avell , there I xvas then , a truant adventurer , about to seek my fortune in a foreign country , little regretting , it must be acknowledged , the classical haunts I was quitting for ever , ancl eager only to embrace in some xA'ay or other the visions of military glory , in xvhich I hacl so often indulged . " My first halt was at Paris , where I intended to remain a
few days , for the pm'pose of making some necessary arrangements for the furtherance of my plan . " I dare say you remember that , in your undergraduate days , your pockets were generally better filled at the beginning than at the end of a term : so it was with me ; but although I could hax'e stood a respectable siege from university ' duns , ' I xvas
scarcely in a condition to enter on a campaign , xvhich might last for some months , xvithout the assistance of additional supplies . I had all my baggage xvith me ; and , amongst other things , my Cremona violin , Avhich you have so often listened to in my rooms at . This was the most valuable piece of property I possessed , and moreover Avas the gift of a very kind uncle ; which of coxu-se , in my eyes , much enhanced its intrinsic worth . Still there xvas no other alternative— ' necessitas non habet
legem '—ancl I reluctantly determined on selling my favourite instrument . Accordingly I started in search of such shops as I coulcl fincl , AA'here my poor Cremona Avas likely to meet xvith a purchaser ; and tried to chive many a bargain without sxxecess . I Avas too Avell aAvare of the value of my A'iolin to let it go for any very inadequate price ; and as my immediate necessities Avere
not urgent , I waited a day or tAvo in hopes of some better fortune turning up . Ancl , as you xvill presently learn , I Avas more successful in this respect than the redoubtable MicaxA'ber . " NOAA ' , you must knoAV , that at this part of my story commences a neAV chain of circumstances , Avhich xvill probably invest E 2