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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 2 of 8 →
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
tude . Who more fitting for such a dignity than the noble and most worshi p ful Brother who had for so many years been associated with the Craft , and who had behaved so well in every previous office ? Who so peculiarly pointed out by associated recollections of his predecessor ? Who
less objectionable in any point of view ? And who less deserving of the indirect but undeserved and heavy censure that must have been implied , under the peculiar circumstances ofthe case , by putting even a more worthy Masonif such could be found—to say nothing of one of merely
equal merit , over his masonically-revered and timehonoured head ? And in conformity with universal expectation , ( for none could have fancied otherwise , ) the Earl of Zetland was nominated in due form , and according to modern usage , by a Past Master in the Craft ,
undistinguished by the purple badge . Would that we could here terminate our notice . But we are compelled to add , that this nomination , which , on every account should have been responded to unanimously , was followed by the nomination of the Deputy Grand Master , not by a wearer of the blue but of a purple collar—by the Ii . Worshipful Brother who sat as the Junior Grand Warden .
Of the eminent services of the Marquis of Salisbury as a member of the Craft , of the zeal and efficiency of which he has given proof in the performance of every Masonic duty , from the period of his initiation to his latest wearing of the equally honourable and honoured costume of Deputy Grand
Master , we are fully sensible . We are amongst his warmest admirers . But as friends not less to the whole fraternity than to his Lordship , we could never desire him to be placed in so false a position as his more personal adherents would appear to wish . Highly as we estimate him , we are
at a loss to discover the existence of that preponderance of Masonic merit , which , warranting such an excess of honour in him and through him to the Craft , as , in the case in ouestion , would cause a decided preference to be otherwise than discreditable to his predecessor . And these more
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
tude . Who more fitting for such a dignity than the noble and most worshi p ful Brother who had for so many years been associated with the Craft , and who had behaved so well in every previous office ? Who so peculiarly pointed out by associated recollections of his predecessor ? Who
less objectionable in any point of view ? And who less deserving of the indirect but undeserved and heavy censure that must have been implied , under the peculiar circumstances ofthe case , by putting even a more worthy Masonif such could be found—to say nothing of one of merely
equal merit , over his masonically-revered and timehonoured head ? And in conformity with universal expectation , ( for none could have fancied otherwise , ) the Earl of Zetland was nominated in due form , and according to modern usage , by a Past Master in the Craft ,
undistinguished by the purple badge . Would that we could here terminate our notice . But we are compelled to add , that this nomination , which , on every account should have been responded to unanimously , was followed by the nomination of the Deputy Grand Master , not by a wearer of the blue but of a purple collar—by the Ii . Worshipful Brother who sat as the Junior Grand Warden .
Of the eminent services of the Marquis of Salisbury as a member of the Craft , of the zeal and efficiency of which he has given proof in the performance of every Masonic duty , from the period of his initiation to his latest wearing of the equally honourable and honoured costume of Deputy Grand
Master , we are fully sensible . We are amongst his warmest admirers . But as friends not less to the whole fraternity than to his Lordship , we could never desire him to be placed in so false a position as his more personal adherents would appear to wish . Highly as we estimate him , we are
at a loss to discover the existence of that preponderance of Masonic merit , which , warranting such an excess of honour in him and through him to the Craft , as , in the case in ouestion , would cause a decided preference to be otherwise than discreditable to his predecessor . And these more