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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 9 of 12 →
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
aught like positive profits are things beyond our wish . To pay and be paid will ever suffice us in that respect . But , to make the Revieio better even than it ever has been—to excite new Masonic interest in its pages—to go on progressively improving in ouv reports of the proceedings in , and the benefits conferred by Freemasonry- —to make this ivork
aii absolute reflection of the aggregate Masonic intellectto these high points of excellence ive aspire : and , to attain them pray for the kind and zealous aid of the most actiA'e , the . deepest read , the wisest , as well as the Avealthiest of our I'Yaternity . ,. ' , ''
Extremes meet ; and this seeming anomaly , in the moral Avorld , is not affected by ivhat might be thought to be the rhost marvellous dissimilarity of the extremities . So that creatures of the most contemptible character , are , even , more successful in exercising their baneful influence over Royalty , 'than they Avould be in ear-ivigging those of , comparatively , inferior rank . ¦ That bur late illustrious Grand Master Ai'as sometimes
inveigled into acts of folly , in opposition to his OAVII better judgment ; that he . ' was too often delusively instead of truthfully informed ; nay , that his confidence % vas betrayed , to sitcfian' extent as to cause him to commit positive injustice , is' ih ' ctispu table . The apology his oivn generous feelings pr ' ompted hihi , on a remarkable occasion , to make in Grand
Lodge , ' to a Worshipful Brother , of AA'hom and to whom ' tie hatf spoken in terms of the severest reprehension , founded iipbri the secret assurances of certain servile calumniators , all of Avhich' assurances Avere utterly false—this instance , infinitely more'disgraceful to the base originators than to their Royal dupemay be taken as sufficient riroof . And , unhappily for
, those departed days , many others might be cited . But Royalty , alone , does not suffer , or is made the means of suffering to others , by the reptile tribe . If the backbiter can no longer prey upon the credulity of a Prince , he may probably calculate on sorhe-chance with a Peer . Or , having once basked in the smiles of Royalty , and had his
tergiversations hidden beneath the skirt of an ermined robe , he may deem himself equal , at least , to Nobility ; and , condescending no longer to faira , he may look lower down the purple ranks , and discover ivhere , Avith impunity , he may venture to command . Not with open violence , certainly , although with all absence of courtesy ; but , more in conformity with VOL . II . 3 £
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
aught like positive profits are things beyond our wish . To pay and be paid will ever suffice us in that respect . But , to make the Revieio better even than it ever has been—to excite new Masonic interest in its pages—to go on progressively improving in ouv reports of the proceedings in , and the benefits conferred by Freemasonry- —to make this ivork
aii absolute reflection of the aggregate Masonic intellectto these high points of excellence ive aspire : and , to attain them pray for the kind and zealous aid of the most actiA'e , the . deepest read , the wisest , as well as the Avealthiest of our I'Yaternity . ,. ' , ''
Extremes meet ; and this seeming anomaly , in the moral Avorld , is not affected by ivhat might be thought to be the rhost marvellous dissimilarity of the extremities . So that creatures of the most contemptible character , are , even , more successful in exercising their baneful influence over Royalty , 'than they Avould be in ear-ivigging those of , comparatively , inferior rank . ¦ That bur late illustrious Grand Master Ai'as sometimes
inveigled into acts of folly , in opposition to his OAVII better judgment ; that he . ' was too often delusively instead of truthfully informed ; nay , that his confidence % vas betrayed , to sitcfian' extent as to cause him to commit positive injustice , is' ih ' ctispu table . The apology his oivn generous feelings pr ' ompted hihi , on a remarkable occasion , to make in Grand
Lodge , ' to a Worshipful Brother , of AA'hom and to whom ' tie hatf spoken in terms of the severest reprehension , founded iipbri the secret assurances of certain servile calumniators , all of Avhich' assurances Avere utterly false—this instance , infinitely more'disgraceful to the base originators than to their Royal dupemay be taken as sufficient riroof . And , unhappily for
, those departed days , many others might be cited . But Royalty , alone , does not suffer , or is made the means of suffering to others , by the reptile tribe . If the backbiter can no longer prey upon the credulity of a Prince , he may probably calculate on sorhe-chance with a Peer . Or , having once basked in the smiles of Royalty , and had his
tergiversations hidden beneath the skirt of an ermined robe , he may deem himself equal , at least , to Nobility ; and , condescending no longer to faira , he may look lower down the purple ranks , and discover ivhere , Avith impunity , he may venture to command . Not with open violence , certainly , although with all absence of courtesy ; but , more in conformity with VOL . II . 3 £