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Article INSTINCTIVE AVERSION. ← Page 2 of 2 Article MASONIC ANECDOTE. * Page 1 of 2 →
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Instinctive Aversion.
itself among the society in which the parties concerned move and have * their being . But are there no means of remedying this evil ? Are the slanderer and the slandered to be equally the object of condemnation ? By no means . Observe the motives of the two , and it will be seen that , having determined to hate , it is assumed to be necessary to injure . The injured party exhibits , as before observed , a protective principle of repulsion—which is perfectly naturalalthough it may not be altogether
, dignified ; but then it may be borne in view that , although it is more Christian-like to bear the contumely with patience , still to a mere human being it is difficult to do so . The slanderer has no natural feelings ; and having continued the course of unnatural enmity , must abide the time when he will either awake from a distempered dream , or be compelled to read the hand writing on the wall . Is there a case in point ! There is ; but the otlds are three to one—vizENVYHATREDand MALICE
., , , , versus TKUTH . MORAL . —The consciousness of honourable exertion should direct Truth , that the solution of the problem for the attainment of happiness cannot be worked out by tho sophistries of " Instinctive Aversion , " but hy its oivn purity .
Masonic Anecdote. *
MASONIC ANECDOTE . *
Ai E were staggering along , under light canvass , when the look-out a-head announced a light on the weather-bow ; it was evidently coining towards us , and scarce half a mile distant ; we had no more than time to hang out a lantern in the topsi , and put up the helm , when a large ship , whose sides rose several feet above our own , swept by us , and so close , that her yard-arms actually touched our rigging as she yawed over in the sea . A muttered thanksgiving for our escape , for such it was ,
broke from every lip ; and hardly was it uttered , when again a -voice cried out , "Here she comes to leeward ! " and sure enough the dark shadow of the large mass , moving at a speed far greater than ours , passed under our lee , while a harsh summons was shouted out to know who we were , ancl whither bound . The " Northumberland , " with troops , was the answer ; and before the words were well out , a banging noise was heard—the ports of the stranger-ship were flung open—a bright flash
, like a line of flame , ran her entire length , and a raking broadside was poured into us . The old transport reeled over and tumbled like a thing of life—her shattered sides and torn bulwarks let in tlie water as she heeled to the shock , and for an instant , as she bent beneath the storm , I thought she was settling : to . go down by the head . I had little time , however , for thought ; one wild cheer broke from the attacking ship — its answer was the faint sad cry of the wounded and dying on our
deck . The next moment , the grapples were thrown into us , and the vessel was boarded from stem to stern . The noise of the cannonade , and the voices on deck , brought all our men from below , who came tumbling up the hatches , believing ive had struck . Then began a scene , such as all I have ever witnessed of carnageand slaughter cannot equal . The Frenchmen , for such they were ,. rushed clown upon us as we stood defenceless and unarmed ; a deadly roll of musketry swept our thick and trembling masses . The cutlass and the
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Instinctive Aversion.
itself among the society in which the parties concerned move and have * their being . But are there no means of remedying this evil ? Are the slanderer and the slandered to be equally the object of condemnation ? By no means . Observe the motives of the two , and it will be seen that , having determined to hate , it is assumed to be necessary to injure . The injured party exhibits , as before observed , a protective principle of repulsion—which is perfectly naturalalthough it may not be altogether
, dignified ; but then it may be borne in view that , although it is more Christian-like to bear the contumely with patience , still to a mere human being it is difficult to do so . The slanderer has no natural feelings ; and having continued the course of unnatural enmity , must abide the time when he will either awake from a distempered dream , or be compelled to read the hand writing on the wall . Is there a case in point ! There is ; but the otlds are three to one—vizENVYHATREDand MALICE
., , , , versus TKUTH . MORAL . —The consciousness of honourable exertion should direct Truth , that the solution of the problem for the attainment of happiness cannot be worked out by tho sophistries of " Instinctive Aversion , " but hy its oivn purity .
Masonic Anecdote. *
MASONIC ANECDOTE . *
Ai E were staggering along , under light canvass , when the look-out a-head announced a light on the weather-bow ; it was evidently coining towards us , and scarce half a mile distant ; we had no more than time to hang out a lantern in the topsi , and put up the helm , when a large ship , whose sides rose several feet above our own , swept by us , and so close , that her yard-arms actually touched our rigging as she yawed over in the sea . A muttered thanksgiving for our escape , for such it was ,
broke from every lip ; and hardly was it uttered , when again a -voice cried out , "Here she comes to leeward ! " and sure enough the dark shadow of the large mass , moving at a speed far greater than ours , passed under our lee , while a harsh summons was shouted out to know who we were , ancl whither bound . The " Northumberland , " with troops , was the answer ; and before the words were well out , a banging noise was heard—the ports of the stranger-ship were flung open—a bright flash
, like a line of flame , ran her entire length , and a raking broadside was poured into us . The old transport reeled over and tumbled like a thing of life—her shattered sides and torn bulwarks let in tlie water as she heeled to the shock , and for an instant , as she bent beneath the storm , I thought she was settling : to . go down by the head . I had little time , however , for thought ; one wild cheer broke from the attacking ship — its answer was the faint sad cry of the wounded and dying on our
deck . The next moment , the grapples were thrown into us , and the vessel was boarded from stem to stern . The noise of the cannonade , and the voices on deck , brought all our men from below , who came tumbling up the hatches , believing ive had struck . Then began a scene , such as all I have ever witnessed of carnageand slaughter cannot equal . The Frenchmen , for such they were ,. rushed clown upon us as we stood defenceless and unarmed ; a deadly roll of musketry swept our thick and trembling masses . The cutlass and the