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him earlier than mi ght , under favourable circumstances , have been the case . Now I do not for a moment suppose that any expression of sympathy , regard , and esteem on our part , could in the slightest degree affect the decisions of our illustrious guest , which his conscience has dictated . His long career has shown most emphatically that his course is not taken up for the vulgar object of popular applause—that his decisions are not made to meet the vox popularis aura , but are the genuine dictates of a noble and honest heart . Indeed , I know no one who auswevs better to the description of the just , conscientious , and firm man , so beautifully expressed by Horace :
" Justum et tcnacem propositi virum Non civium ardor prava jubentium , Non vultus instantis tyratmi Mente quatit ?» nli la . m ; qvu ; Auster Dux mqwieti nirnidus A-iriie : Nee futminantis magna Jovis maims . Si fractits illabatur orbis , Impavklum foriewt ruitiai .- "
Still it may be some gratification to our illustrious Brother , that his Brother Masons do appreciate his motives—sympathize with him in his feelings—admire his conduct , and venerate his character . The main source of his satisfaction must , however , he drawn from his own conscience , more especially from the reflection that his laurels have been dimmed by no stain , no questionable act of any kind . Sans tdche , stainless—spotless ; the motto accorded to him by a grateful country was
never more deservedly earned . A passage of Horace , —which , by the appropriate application of it to himself by Pitt , once , we are told , produced an electric effect in the House of Commons , —is especially appropriate to our noble guest . Speaking of fortune ' s fickleness , describing her as ' nunc milii , nunc alii benigna' he proceeds ,
" Lamlo manentem . Si celeres quatit Pennas , resigno quce dedit , et mea Virtuto me involvo . " Had honour permitted , doubtless it would have been more agreeable to our illustrious Brother to have reaped a little longer the fruits of his exertions : but honour and interest coming into collision , there could be no doubt which would be made to yield . He resigned what fortune gave , and now stands before us wrapped in -the noble garment of his
own virtue . But time warns me that 1 must address myself to the toast , which has been entrusted to me . The general assemblage of the Masons of all the Lodges , and many from a distance , all united in the strong bonds of Fraternal regard forcibly reminds me of that beautiful poetic description of David
commencing" Behold how good and pleasant a thing it is for Brethren to dwell together in unity !'' It is because I firml y believe that the . Master and Brethren of the Royal Sussex Lodge fully enter into the spirit of this Psalm ; because , not only is the working of our Craft most efficiently and instructively carried out by them , but the genuiue principles of Masonry fully appreciated and carried into action by them , that I have the greatest satisfaction in
proposing the health of Dr . Palmer , the W . M . of the Royal Sussex Lodge , who yields , 1 believe , to none of his predecessors in the chair in zeal for Masonry—appreciation of its advantages and privileges—and ruling his Lodge with harmony and order .
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Provincial.
him earlier than mi ght , under favourable circumstances , have been the case . Now I do not for a moment suppose that any expression of sympathy , regard , and esteem on our part , could in the slightest degree affect the decisions of our illustrious guest , which his conscience has dictated . His long career has shown most emphatically that his course is not taken up for the vulgar object of popular applause—that his decisions are not made to meet the vox popularis aura , but are the genuine dictates of a noble and honest heart . Indeed , I know no one who auswevs better to the description of the just , conscientious , and firm man , so beautifully expressed by Horace :
" Justum et tcnacem propositi virum Non civium ardor prava jubentium , Non vultus instantis tyratmi Mente quatit ?» nli la . m ; qvu ; Auster Dux mqwieti nirnidus A-iriie : Nee futminantis magna Jovis maims . Si fractits illabatur orbis , Impavklum foriewt ruitiai .- "
Still it may be some gratification to our illustrious Brother , that his Brother Masons do appreciate his motives—sympathize with him in his feelings—admire his conduct , and venerate his character . The main source of his satisfaction must , however , he drawn from his own conscience , more especially from the reflection that his laurels have been dimmed by no stain , no questionable act of any kind . Sans tdche , stainless—spotless ; the motto accorded to him by a grateful country was
never more deservedly earned . A passage of Horace , —which , by the appropriate application of it to himself by Pitt , once , we are told , produced an electric effect in the House of Commons , —is especially appropriate to our noble guest . Speaking of fortune ' s fickleness , describing her as ' nunc milii , nunc alii benigna' he proceeds ,
" Lamlo manentem . Si celeres quatit Pennas , resigno quce dedit , et mea Virtuto me involvo . " Had honour permitted , doubtless it would have been more agreeable to our illustrious Brother to have reaped a little longer the fruits of his exertions : but honour and interest coming into collision , there could be no doubt which would be made to yield . He resigned what fortune gave , and now stands before us wrapped in -the noble garment of his
own virtue . But time warns me that 1 must address myself to the toast , which has been entrusted to me . The general assemblage of the Masons of all the Lodges , and many from a distance , all united in the strong bonds of Fraternal regard forcibly reminds me of that beautiful poetic description of David
commencing" Behold how good and pleasant a thing it is for Brethren to dwell together in unity !'' It is because I firml y believe that the . Master and Brethren of the Royal Sussex Lodge fully enter into the spirit of this Psalm ; because , not only is the working of our Craft most efficiently and instructively carried out by them , but the genuiue principles of Masonry fully appreciated and carried into action by them , that I have the greatest satisfaction in
proposing the health of Dr . Palmer , the W . M . of the Royal Sussex Lodge , who yields , 1 believe , to none of his predecessors in the chair in zeal for Masonry—appreciation of its advantages and privileges—and ruling his Lodge with harmony and order .