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which we ha . ve a law to regulate the direction and application of those faculties which her influence has nurtured and whose avocations and necessities compel theni to sp occupation totally alien fr attain much excellence in men said for a school which , should enlist within its ranks only the ^ ^^ i ^
the ttnlettered . Herealsoy as in other cases , ^ acted wisely ; aiid whilst laying down laws for intellectual life ^ and erij oirir irig the cultivation ; and appfeciation of them ; to enforces nothing nf the sort from any m ^ devote himself to such studies as niay lie within the compas ^ rhent . Ahd here we beautiful adapta ; tions to the WOrth the one ihina needikeL and at times dispenses with intellectual ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦¦ ¦ —— — ¦ ¦ ¦¦
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scholar busied in the literature of past nations and of present times , and hirn who hath no knowledge but of his mother-tongue ^ And whilst the man of humble birth and lo wly gifts" is as much her son as he who m the 6 . A . O . T . TJ . hath most richly endowed , she , as in justice bound , accords to intellectual pre-eminence its proper dignity ; and , ever willing and anxious to be in the van of civilization and progress , inculcates on all and
each the pursuit of that knowledge which is power— -power to refine our minds , enlighten our perceptions , elevate our understanding , calm our animosities , set straight our errors , reform our abuses , and in every sense , physical , moral , and spiritual , advance the best interests of our species . The importance attached by Masonry to education is apparent from the frequent arid earnest manner with which the subject is introduced into her ceremonial .
In the very 1 st Degree , after having laid a solid foundation on moral fitness , she brings forward the topic of education , and assigns to the child the office of ever keeping before our mind advantages arising from it ; and pleads the benefits we may obtain from it , both for society and for ourselves .
The whole of the 2 nd Degree is dedicated to this subject , and the Fellow-Craft is invited to devote himself to the investigation of the hidden mysteries of nature and art , that he may thereby be the better enabled to discharge his duties as a member of society * , and that he may thus be duly prepared for the reception of the sublime truths the 3 rd Degree will unfold before him .
It has been suggested that Masonry , with its secret compact and its brotherly obligations , first had its origin among some philosophic minds , Who , far in advance of the age in which they lived , felt that the expression of the opinions they entertained , and the diffusion of the knowledge
they had gathered up , would expose them to suspicion and persecution ; and so they formed a bond of union and sympathy , which , while it should exclude the base , the wilfully ignorant , and the intolerant , should embrace in a closer and firmer fellowship the wise , the docile , and the inquiring . Whether such be an ingenious surmise , or a fact matters little to us . The antiquity of Masonry is undoubted ;—it appears to me tha , t Masonry
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M^Sokbs: 4^ To
which we ha . ve a law to regulate the direction and application of those faculties which her influence has nurtured and whose avocations and necessities compel theni to sp occupation totally alien fr attain much excellence in men said for a school which , should enlist within its ranks only the ^ ^^ i ^
the ttnlettered . Herealsoy as in other cases , ^ acted wisely ; aiid whilst laying down laws for intellectual life ^ and erij oirir irig the cultivation ; and appfeciation of them ; to enforces nothing nf the sort from any m ^ devote himself to such studies as niay lie within the compas ^ rhent . Ahd here we beautiful adapta ; tions to the WOrth the one ihina needikeL and at times dispenses with intellectual ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦ ¦¦ ¦¦ ¦ —— — ¦ ¦ ¦¦
¦¦ : : ¦'¦ .- }< ¦ . : ¦ ¦" . . ¦ . ¦ . ¦ t / ¦¦ V . . < 7 : . : ¦ : ' . ; : : ;¦ ~ . -. ' x ¦ . ^~ ¦ . ' .- ¦ ¦ . ' ~~ ' - . -- ¦ , : ¦¦ ~ eminence ; but whilst dispensing with it on occasions , she holds it up as necessary whenever practicable , and concedes her highe niysteries only to those w ^ deyeloprhent . So that Masonry ^ leisurey and him whose hands froni day to day minister to his wants ; trie sage whose eye hath penetrated the arena of nature , and him to \ vhom wherefore and the why ^^^ o
scholar busied in the literature of past nations and of present times , and hirn who hath no knowledge but of his mother-tongue ^ And whilst the man of humble birth and lo wly gifts" is as much her son as he who m the 6 . A . O . T . TJ . hath most richly endowed , she , as in justice bound , accords to intellectual pre-eminence its proper dignity ; and , ever willing and anxious to be in the van of civilization and progress , inculcates on all and
each the pursuit of that knowledge which is power— -power to refine our minds , enlighten our perceptions , elevate our understanding , calm our animosities , set straight our errors , reform our abuses , and in every sense , physical , moral , and spiritual , advance the best interests of our species . The importance attached by Masonry to education is apparent from the frequent arid earnest manner with which the subject is introduced into her ceremonial .
In the very 1 st Degree , after having laid a solid foundation on moral fitness , she brings forward the topic of education , and assigns to the child the office of ever keeping before our mind advantages arising from it ; and pleads the benefits we may obtain from it , both for society and for ourselves .
The whole of the 2 nd Degree is dedicated to this subject , and the Fellow-Craft is invited to devote himself to the investigation of the hidden mysteries of nature and art , that he may thereby be the better enabled to discharge his duties as a member of society * , and that he may thus be duly prepared for the reception of the sublime truths the 3 rd Degree will unfold before him .
It has been suggested that Masonry , with its secret compact and its brotherly obligations , first had its origin among some philosophic minds , Who , far in advance of the age in which they lived , felt that the expression of the opinions they entertained , and the diffusion of the knowledge
they had gathered up , would expose them to suspicion and persecution ; and so they formed a bond of union and sympathy , which , while it should exclude the base , the wilfully ignorant , and the intolerant , should embrace in a closer and firmer fellowship the wise , the docile , and the inquiring . Whether such be an ingenious surmise , or a fact matters little to us . The antiquity of Masonry is undoubted ;—it appears to me tha , t Masonry