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Article ON FREEMASONRY. THE HISTORY AND ANTIQUITIES OF FREEMASONRY. ← Page 11 of 11 Article AnOAOriA 2QKPAT0YS, Page 1 of 8 →
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On Freemasonry. The History And Antiquities Of Freemasonry.
worshi p were formally resumed ; Freemasonry triumphed ; and , to crown the whole , the first Passover was kept at Jerusalem b y every individual who had returned from the captivity of Bab y lon . END OF THE FIRST PERIOD .
Anoaoria 2qkpat0ys,
AnOAOriA 2 QKPAT 0 YS ,
OR , THE DEFENCE OF SOCRATES . Continued from page 271 .
It was your duty to have called upon me as a friend , and privately have offered your opinion and admonition . Your instruction would not have been thrown away . For , if 1 had "been informed that my practices had led me into error , I should certainly have reformed them . But , the fact is , you have carefully avoided me , and shewn no desire to associate with , or enlighten me ; and to fill up the cup of your envy and maliceyou have ignominiously dragged me herewhere the law
, , only empowers you to bring criminals who are deserving of punishment , not harmless offenders , who merely require instructive correction . However , what I before observed , Athenians , is now pretty clear , that Melitus has never , neither more nor less , troubled himself about the matter . And the present proceedings have only been instituted by him and his coadjutors out of personal pique and jealousy .
Nevertheless , pray be so good as to inform us , Melitus , how mean you that I corrupt the young men ? As it is clear from the wording of the indictment which you drew up , that I am accused of teaching them not to worship the gods which the state worship , but some other strange gods . Do you mean to say that I corrupt them by teaching them such doctrines ? Exactly so ; that is what I seriously assert . Now , then , I conjure you , Melitus , by those very gods , concerning whose existence our present argument is , to declare yourself more intelligibly both to me and to these individuals . For , I cannot
comnrehend , whether you mean I teach them that they are to believe in some gods , —and truly , I myself believe in the existence of God , and am , therefore , not altogether an Atheist ; nor is it acting illegall y to hold such an opinion , —but not in those whom the state believes in , but in other gods . Is this the cause of your prosecuting me , that I believe in other gods ? Or do you altogether mean to say that I myself do not believe in the godsand that 1 teach others such doctrines ? Such is
, what I mean , that you wholly disbelieve in the gods . O wonderful ! Melitus , why do you assert such things ? Truly , I believe that neither the sun nor moon are gods , and I am borne out in my creed by others ; since , most puissant judges , it is said by some that the sun is a stone , and the moon earth .
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On Freemasonry. The History And Antiquities Of Freemasonry.
worshi p were formally resumed ; Freemasonry triumphed ; and , to crown the whole , the first Passover was kept at Jerusalem b y every individual who had returned from the captivity of Bab y lon . END OF THE FIRST PERIOD .
Anoaoria 2qkpat0ys,
AnOAOriA 2 QKPAT 0 YS ,
OR , THE DEFENCE OF SOCRATES . Continued from page 271 .
It was your duty to have called upon me as a friend , and privately have offered your opinion and admonition . Your instruction would not have been thrown away . For , if 1 had "been informed that my practices had led me into error , I should certainly have reformed them . But , the fact is , you have carefully avoided me , and shewn no desire to associate with , or enlighten me ; and to fill up the cup of your envy and maliceyou have ignominiously dragged me herewhere the law
, , only empowers you to bring criminals who are deserving of punishment , not harmless offenders , who merely require instructive correction . However , what I before observed , Athenians , is now pretty clear , that Melitus has never , neither more nor less , troubled himself about the matter . And the present proceedings have only been instituted by him and his coadjutors out of personal pique and jealousy .
Nevertheless , pray be so good as to inform us , Melitus , how mean you that I corrupt the young men ? As it is clear from the wording of the indictment which you drew up , that I am accused of teaching them not to worship the gods which the state worship , but some other strange gods . Do you mean to say that I corrupt them by teaching them such doctrines ? Exactly so ; that is what I seriously assert . Now , then , I conjure you , Melitus , by those very gods , concerning whose existence our present argument is , to declare yourself more intelligibly both to me and to these individuals . For , I cannot
comnrehend , whether you mean I teach them that they are to believe in some gods , —and truly , I myself believe in the existence of God , and am , therefore , not altogether an Atheist ; nor is it acting illegall y to hold such an opinion , —but not in those whom the state believes in , but in other gods . Is this the cause of your prosecuting me , that I believe in other gods ? Or do you altogether mean to say that I myself do not believe in the godsand that 1 teach others such doctrines ? Such is
, what I mean , that you wholly disbelieve in the gods . O wonderful ! Melitus , why do you assert such things ? Truly , I believe that neither the sun nor moon are gods , and I am borne out in my creed by others ; since , most puissant judges , it is said by some that the sun is a stone , and the moon earth .