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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 11 of 12 →
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
Master should be made aware ? " Give us their names , " our readers will say . Well , the time may come ivhen this more particular mode of exposure may be necessary . It has not yet arrived—we trust it never
Avill" For a word to the wise , Should ever suffice . " But should all our warnings be in vain , and the necessity become obvious , we will not hesitate to individualize every member of the clique . Many Avho peruse our lucubrations Avill need no indices
, b y which to guide them a-ri ght in detecting the Masonic delinquents to whom we have alluded . But , lest there should be any mistake on the part of the feAv , to whom it is all important that no error should arise , ive give them clues almost as clear as those which Ovid assigned as the indications of a lover .
Among them are those who seek to have everything their own Avay in the Board of General Purposes , and , to effect that object , procure tlie election of a certain number of puppets , on that Board , from year to year;—those ivho poisoned the ear of the late Grand Master against some of the most excellent members of the Fraternity;—those ivho
do not scruple to shoiv the influence they have obtained over the Grand Secretary , b y speaking to . him in tones and terms of disrespect , verging upon impertinent command ;—those , who , wherever presiding , create strife instead of harmony;—those whose overbearing disposition and easily excited tempers leave them Avithout personal friends , although
followed by still more servile imitators : —and those whose masonic assumptions are as ridiculous as their social pretensions . Who is there , intimately acquainted with the details of masonic polity and management in London—ivith persons , places and things—who lias not every servile sycophant of the clique in his mind ' s eye ?
We have every reason to beliei'e , that the " unquiet spirits , " to whom a very happy allusion Avas recentl y made , in Grand Lodge , will be rendered less obnoxious to the Craft , by change of place . Instead of being permitted to run riot wherever they may happen to obtain temporary promotion , they will be reduced to a more natural altitude - —much nearer the base than the apex . . If these anti-benevolent and troublesome associates were
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
Master should be made aware ? " Give us their names , " our readers will say . Well , the time may come ivhen this more particular mode of exposure may be necessary . It has not yet arrived—we trust it never
Avill" For a word to the wise , Should ever suffice . " But should all our warnings be in vain , and the necessity become obvious , we will not hesitate to individualize every member of the clique . Many Avho peruse our lucubrations Avill need no indices
, b y which to guide them a-ri ght in detecting the Masonic delinquents to whom we have alluded . But , lest there should be any mistake on the part of the feAv , to whom it is all important that no error should arise , ive give them clues almost as clear as those which Ovid assigned as the indications of a lover .
Among them are those who seek to have everything their own Avay in the Board of General Purposes , and , to effect that object , procure tlie election of a certain number of puppets , on that Board , from year to year;—those ivho poisoned the ear of the late Grand Master against some of the most excellent members of the Fraternity;—those ivho
do not scruple to shoiv the influence they have obtained over the Grand Secretary , b y speaking to . him in tones and terms of disrespect , verging upon impertinent command ;—those , who , wherever presiding , create strife instead of harmony;—those whose overbearing disposition and easily excited tempers leave them Avithout personal friends , although
followed by still more servile imitators : —and those whose masonic assumptions are as ridiculous as their social pretensions . Who is there , intimately acquainted with the details of masonic polity and management in London—ivith persons , places and things—who lias not every servile sycophant of the clique in his mind ' s eye ?
We have every reason to beliei'e , that the " unquiet spirits , " to whom a very happy allusion Avas recentl y made , in Grand Lodge , will be rendered less obnoxious to the Craft , by change of place . Instead of being permitted to run riot wherever they may happen to obtain temporary promotion , they will be reduced to a more natural altitude - —much nearer the base than the apex . . If these anti-benevolent and troublesome associates were