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Article AnOAOriA 2QKPAT0YS, ← Page 8 of 8 Article TO THE MOST HON. THE MARQUESS OF DOUGLAS. Page 1 of 3 →
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Anoaoria 2qkpat0ys,
never conceding to any person any thing contrary to what is just ; not to any , foreigner or citizen ; not even to those whom my calumniators call my disciples . Indeed , I have never been any man ' s particular instructor ; but , if any one , when I was speaking upon philosophy , and illustrating its principles by my practice , would crave to hear me , whether he were my
junior , or my senior , I never enviously denied him that privilege . Nor do I discuss those subjects to amass wealth , which is evident from my poverty ; but I allow myself equally to be questioned by rich and by poor ; and if any one desired it , after making choice of his sub ^ ject , he heard what I had to say upon it ; so that , if any were benefited by my lectures , I must attribute it more to the quality of the subject than to any manner of instruction . [ To be continued and ended in the nej ) t . ~]
To The Most Hon. The Marquess Of Douglas.
TO THE MOST HON . THE MARQUESS OF DOUGLAS .
PAST GRAND MASTER OP SCOTLAND . MY LORD , I HAVE been induced to address this letter to you as Past Grand Master of Scotland , from a fact which is stated to have lately taken place under your implied sanction , I mean the initiation of the celebrated poet Hogg . I invite your Lordship to read the account of this event in ' the Freemasons' Quarterly ReviewNo . VI . Page 220 .
, In every society , in which there are various steps or gradations to pass through , from the first admission , before we reach the highest rank , some qualification has been accounted necessary for each . Thus in our Universities , each candidate for admission to their privileges as an undergraduate , is examined before he is admitted to the first degree '" , and the third time before he can take the degree of Bachelor of Arts . In like manner in the superior facultiesdisputationsand exercises ( now
, , only forms ) are performed by those who seek them ; and even where the necessary qualifications of literary attainments are totally neglected , as in our inns of court , yet a certain time must elapse before the desired advancement can be obtained . But in Masonry , where , among our first principles , we find that all preferment is founded on meritt alone , we should be led to suppose that some very great acquirement would be
deemed indispensable . I trust your Lordship will the more readil y give ear to these remarks , as you have yourself passed through the various ranks of Masonry under the strict constitution of England , and must be sensible how important regularity and strictness is towards maintaining our ancient Order . In our Book of Constitutions ^ , which was drawn up with the joint consent of the Grand Lodges of Scotland and Ireland , we find these rules , to which I would direct especially your
attention . They are , that no Brother should receive a superior degree without having given proofs of being well versed in the inferior degree , and that there should be an interval , at least a month , before each degree . Frederic the Great of Prussia , whose zeal for Masonry was un-
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Anoaoria 2qkpat0ys,
never conceding to any person any thing contrary to what is just ; not to any , foreigner or citizen ; not even to those whom my calumniators call my disciples . Indeed , I have never been any man ' s particular instructor ; but , if any one , when I was speaking upon philosophy , and illustrating its principles by my practice , would crave to hear me , whether he were my
junior , or my senior , I never enviously denied him that privilege . Nor do I discuss those subjects to amass wealth , which is evident from my poverty ; but I allow myself equally to be questioned by rich and by poor ; and if any one desired it , after making choice of his sub ^ ject , he heard what I had to say upon it ; so that , if any were benefited by my lectures , I must attribute it more to the quality of the subject than to any manner of instruction . [ To be continued and ended in the nej ) t . ~]
To The Most Hon. The Marquess Of Douglas.
TO THE MOST HON . THE MARQUESS OF DOUGLAS .
PAST GRAND MASTER OP SCOTLAND . MY LORD , I HAVE been induced to address this letter to you as Past Grand Master of Scotland , from a fact which is stated to have lately taken place under your implied sanction , I mean the initiation of the celebrated poet Hogg . I invite your Lordship to read the account of this event in ' the Freemasons' Quarterly ReviewNo . VI . Page 220 .
, In every society , in which there are various steps or gradations to pass through , from the first admission , before we reach the highest rank , some qualification has been accounted necessary for each . Thus in our Universities , each candidate for admission to their privileges as an undergraduate , is examined before he is admitted to the first degree '" , and the third time before he can take the degree of Bachelor of Arts . In like manner in the superior facultiesdisputationsand exercises ( now
, , only forms ) are performed by those who seek them ; and even where the necessary qualifications of literary attainments are totally neglected , as in our inns of court , yet a certain time must elapse before the desired advancement can be obtained . But in Masonry , where , among our first principles , we find that all preferment is founded on meritt alone , we should be led to suppose that some very great acquirement would be
deemed indispensable . I trust your Lordship will the more readil y give ear to these remarks , as you have yourself passed through the various ranks of Masonry under the strict constitution of England , and must be sensible how important regularity and strictness is towards maintaining our ancient Order . In our Book of Constitutions ^ , which was drawn up with the joint consent of the Grand Lodges of Scotland and Ireland , we find these rules , to which I would direct especially your
attention . They are , that no Brother should receive a superior degree without having given proofs of being well versed in the inferior degree , and that there should be an interval , at least a month , before each degree . Frederic the Great of Prussia , whose zeal for Masonry was un-