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The R. W. Brother H. R. Lewis, P. G. M., Sumatra.
problem easy of solution to ascertain why an ALSTON , a CRUCEFIX , or a DOBIB , should be clothed with that distinction which pre-supposes deserving merit and honorable ambition ; but to solve the enigma of a LEWIS thus pitchforked into importance , is a fiddle which no masonic sphynx has yet been able truly to guess .
Shall we look to his great services as Grand Master in that grand dependency Sumatra ? The length and importance of his labors being past all calculation , we are baffled in thus forming a satisfactory conclusion . Or shall we " value on " his services in the Home department ? If so , we are afraid ( in mercantile parlance ) the answer will be— " no effects . " Again we say here is an instance ( among the many ) by which the constitutional axiom— " that all preferment amongst Masons is according to merit , " has been ludicrously travestied .
We have enumerated a few of the graces and virtues which our Brother does not possess . We are compelled to delineate some of the deformities and vices which do belong to him . A man cannot be obnoxious to censure for not being eminently wise or fascinatingly handsome , but his conduct is open to criticism when he presumes to the wisdom of Minerva , having only the judgment of Midas , and thinks to stifle rational opposition by the mere brutumfulmen of sonorous
authoritativeness" Proinde quasi injuriamfaccre id demum essel imperio uti . " From the exalted station of our Brother Lewis , he is necessarily and often brought into contact with the purples , reds and blues , with none ofwhom we are persuaded can he be said to be on such terms of inter- ' course as a good temper and kind manner would secure for him . The misfortune of possessing a hot and peppery nature , associated with the
fact of his residence formerly in the Island of Sumatra , has acquired for him the soubriquet of " Provincial Grand Master of the Spice Islands . " Our right worshipful Brother maintains his arguments with an impetuosity so overpoweringly offensive , as to render the contest unavoidably one of physical power , —imagining we suppose , excellence to consist in strength of lungs , and the best reasons in imperiousness of will . What B ROUGHAM once said of the Father of the late Lord CARNARVON , may in almost all points be applied to the subject of our
Portrait" Carnarvon is so fiery hot Irrascihle and jadish ! ( Would you know how he was begot ?) His mother was a mustard pot , — His father a horse radish . " However , there is no picture but has its lights and shades . Our Brother , we believe , fs a contributor to , and supporter of , almost all the VOL . VII . 3 D
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The R. W. Brother H. R. Lewis, P. G. M., Sumatra.
problem easy of solution to ascertain why an ALSTON , a CRUCEFIX , or a DOBIB , should be clothed with that distinction which pre-supposes deserving merit and honorable ambition ; but to solve the enigma of a LEWIS thus pitchforked into importance , is a fiddle which no masonic sphynx has yet been able truly to guess .
Shall we look to his great services as Grand Master in that grand dependency Sumatra ? The length and importance of his labors being past all calculation , we are baffled in thus forming a satisfactory conclusion . Or shall we " value on " his services in the Home department ? If so , we are afraid ( in mercantile parlance ) the answer will be— " no effects . " Again we say here is an instance ( among the many ) by which the constitutional axiom— " that all preferment amongst Masons is according to merit , " has been ludicrously travestied .
We have enumerated a few of the graces and virtues which our Brother does not possess . We are compelled to delineate some of the deformities and vices which do belong to him . A man cannot be obnoxious to censure for not being eminently wise or fascinatingly handsome , but his conduct is open to criticism when he presumes to the wisdom of Minerva , having only the judgment of Midas , and thinks to stifle rational opposition by the mere brutumfulmen of sonorous
authoritativeness" Proinde quasi injuriamfaccre id demum essel imperio uti . " From the exalted station of our Brother Lewis , he is necessarily and often brought into contact with the purples , reds and blues , with none ofwhom we are persuaded can he be said to be on such terms of inter- ' course as a good temper and kind manner would secure for him . The misfortune of possessing a hot and peppery nature , associated with the
fact of his residence formerly in the Island of Sumatra , has acquired for him the soubriquet of " Provincial Grand Master of the Spice Islands . " Our right worshipful Brother maintains his arguments with an impetuosity so overpoweringly offensive , as to render the contest unavoidably one of physical power , —imagining we suppose , excellence to consist in strength of lungs , and the best reasons in imperiousness of will . What B ROUGHAM once said of the Father of the late Lord CARNARVON , may in almost all points be applied to the subject of our
Portrait" Carnarvon is so fiery hot Irrascihle and jadish ! ( Would you know how he was begot ?) His mother was a mustard pot , — His father a horse radish . " However , there is no picture but has its lights and shades . Our Brother , we believe , fs a contributor to , and supporter of , almost all the VOL . VII . 3 D