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On The Freemasonry Of Homer.
heart . Yes , it is only when the holy spirit of Masonry lias taken possession of his whole soul , that the man-destroyer becomes indeed a divinity—a hero worthy of the denomination of " the god-like Achilles . " JANUS .
Solomon's Ape.
SOLOMON'S APE .
BY BROTHER D 0 UGI / AS JERKOLD . " For the king had at se . ia navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram : once in three years came the navy of Tharshish , bringing gold ancl silver , ivory , and apes and peacorks . " -Kings . A LEARNED rabbi , Ben Eli , has filled three thick MS . folios with the adventures of a certain ape , a sojourner at the court of the wisest of kings . Though the work has Mtherto been withheld from the world , it
seems not unlikely that it has long been the unacknowledged model of very many biographies . We conceive there is internal evidence in the histories of thousands of courtiers , that the writers were aware how much the erudite Ben Eli could make of an ape . They who have gravely registered the slightest formality , the most evanescent word or gesture of certain heroes , must have had in their memory the first chronicler of
monkey-tricks . There was a time when it would have been the simplest and safest course to publish the folio entire : in former days , readers were like hogs , whose master had the right of pannage : they were turned
into the literary forest to root , ancl grub up , and become fat as tbey might . Now , it is not enough to show them the trees of knowledge ; but it is compulsory on those who drive the " dreadful trade , " to clamber the branches , and gather the fruit . Nay , and when gathered , the apple serves not the epicure of our day , if it be not carefully pared and sliced ; and , in some instances , presented on a fork of standard gold or silver .
Moreover , cases have happened wherein the quality of the fork hath been cavelled for more than that of the apple : thus , an embossed implement hath at times passed off a sorry crab . Once it was enough for wisdom to point out the wood where grew the nuts : now , must she gather and crack them . Thus much by way of feeble apology for the licence we have taken
with the folios of the venerable Ben Eli . We have wandered through their forest of leaves ; we have picked all we could lay our hands upon ; we have torn away the husk- ~ have broken the shell—and for the few kernels—gentle feeder , some of them are before you .
" And the ape became a favourite with the servants of Solomon . And the women smiled upon him , and the men laughed at his grimace ; and the ape was puffed with pride , and became a proverb to the wise . And the ape forgot the mother that bore him , and the father that begat him , vol .. i . 3 F
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On The Freemasonry Of Homer.
heart . Yes , it is only when the holy spirit of Masonry lias taken possession of his whole soul , that the man-destroyer becomes indeed a divinity—a hero worthy of the denomination of " the god-like Achilles . " JANUS .
Solomon's Ape.
SOLOMON'S APE .
BY BROTHER D 0 UGI / AS JERKOLD . " For the king had at se . ia navy of Tharshish with the navy of Hiram : once in three years came the navy of Tharshish , bringing gold ancl silver , ivory , and apes and peacorks . " -Kings . A LEARNED rabbi , Ben Eli , has filled three thick MS . folios with the adventures of a certain ape , a sojourner at the court of the wisest of kings . Though the work has Mtherto been withheld from the world , it
seems not unlikely that it has long been the unacknowledged model of very many biographies . We conceive there is internal evidence in the histories of thousands of courtiers , that the writers were aware how much the erudite Ben Eli could make of an ape . They who have gravely registered the slightest formality , the most evanescent word or gesture of certain heroes , must have had in their memory the first chronicler of
monkey-tricks . There was a time when it would have been the simplest and safest course to publish the folio entire : in former days , readers were like hogs , whose master had the right of pannage : they were turned
into the literary forest to root , ancl grub up , and become fat as tbey might . Now , it is not enough to show them the trees of knowledge ; but it is compulsory on those who drive the " dreadful trade , " to clamber the branches , and gather the fruit . Nay , and when gathered , the apple serves not the epicure of our day , if it be not carefully pared and sliced ; and , in some instances , presented on a fork of standard gold or silver .
Moreover , cases have happened wherein the quality of the fork hath been cavelled for more than that of the apple : thus , an embossed implement hath at times passed off a sorry crab . Once it was enough for wisdom to point out the wood where grew the nuts : now , must she gather and crack them . Thus much by way of feeble apology for the licence we have taken
with the folios of the venerable Ben Eli . We have wandered through their forest of leaves ; we have picked all we could lay our hands upon ; we have torn away the husk- ~ have broken the shell—and for the few kernels—gentle feeder , some of them are before you .
" And the ape became a favourite with the servants of Solomon . And the women smiled upon him , and the men laughed at his grimace ; and the ape was puffed with pride , and became a proverb to the wise . And the ape forgot the mother that bore him , and the father that begat him , vol .. i . 3 F