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The Masonic Mirror:
THE MASONIC MIRROR:
FOR NOVEMBER , 1854 .
••¦ — *\ OUR . ADDRESS TO THE BRETHREN
IN claiming the patronage of the Masonic Order for a new periodical meant to be devoted to their interests , it may be desirable that its proprietors should explain the character and pretensions of the publication , and the purpose it is intended to serve . This Ave shall endeavour to do in as feAV Avoids as possible . "We have observed that it has been long a subject of regret amongst the
brethren of the square and compass , that they have no literary organ conducted on such a principle as to admit of its doing greater justice to masonic intelligence than it Avere reasonable to expect from Aveekly newspapers , Avhose mission is for the most part political , and Avhose columns are overloaded with , miscellaneous matter . It is manifest that thc interests of the craft Avould be materially promoted by the establishment of such a periodical , nor is there less necessity for it now than at any former period ; the onlv attempt that has as yet been made to supply the
desideratum being by the publication of a serial , issued at such remote intervals as to deprive its intelligence of the flavour of novelty , and to impart to its editorial Avriting a character rather of historic record than of contemporaneous comment . We have as little desire as occasion to call in question the necessity for a quarterly journal of Freemasonry , or to disparage the services of such a periodical ; our purpose Avill have been sufficiently
attained , if Ave shall have made out a case for a monthly organ . Anxious to live in the most friendly communion Avith all our contemporaries , and animated , Ave trust , Avith genuine feelings of fraternal sympathy , we disclaim the idea of assuming a position of antagonism towards any one . It is not the glove of defiance , but the hand of good fellowship that Ave offer to all as allies , not rivals—for such is the spirit of the age , and the genius
of our order . We iiiA'ade no man ' s right , Ave remove no man ' s land-mark . 1-
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The Masonic Mirror:
THE MASONIC MIRROR:
FOR NOVEMBER , 1854 .
••¦ — *\ OUR . ADDRESS TO THE BRETHREN
IN claiming the patronage of the Masonic Order for a new periodical meant to be devoted to their interests , it may be desirable that its proprietors should explain the character and pretensions of the publication , and the purpose it is intended to serve . This Ave shall endeavour to do in as feAV Avoids as possible . "We have observed that it has been long a subject of regret amongst the
brethren of the square and compass , that they have no literary organ conducted on such a principle as to admit of its doing greater justice to masonic intelligence than it Avere reasonable to expect from Aveekly newspapers , Avhose mission is for the most part political , and Avhose columns are overloaded with , miscellaneous matter . It is manifest that thc interests of the craft Avould be materially promoted by the establishment of such a periodical , nor is there less necessity for it now than at any former period ; the onlv attempt that has as yet been made to supply the
desideratum being by the publication of a serial , issued at such remote intervals as to deprive its intelligence of the flavour of novelty , and to impart to its editorial Avriting a character rather of historic record than of contemporaneous comment . We have as little desire as occasion to call in question the necessity for a quarterly journal of Freemasonry , or to disparage the services of such a periodical ; our purpose Avill have been sufficiently
attained , if Ave shall have made out a case for a monthly organ . Anxious to live in the most friendly communion Avith all our contemporaries , and animated , Ave trust , Avith genuine feelings of fraternal sympathy , we disclaim the idea of assuming a position of antagonism towards any one . It is not the glove of defiance , but the hand of good fellowship that Ave offer to all as allies , not rivals—for such is the spirit of the age , and the genius
of our order . We iiiA'ade no man ' s right , Ave remove no man ' s land-mark . 1-