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Two Well-Known* Masons;
the wreath which the Marquis de Villette , upon a former occasion , had given to Voltaire in the name of the Lodge , in token of his fraternal sorrow . An agape ( love-feast ) concluded the whole . " The medal noticed above is alluded to bv Mersdorf , in his "Die Denkmunzen der EreimalLrer-Bruderschaft , ' at page 58 , under title " Erance , —Medal in honour of Benjamin Eranklin by the Lodge des JVeitf Sceurs , 5778 , Bostock . "
Eurther upon this subject , we have , in Kiefs' " History of Ereemasonry in France / ' vol . i . pp . 258 , 25 ft ¦ : — " Lalande had instituted the Lodge des Sciences ( of the Sciences ) in 1769 , which worked independently for a few years , but at last applied to the Grand Orient for a charter . Before this period , and as early as March 11 , 1776 , it had encountered some opposition in consequence of its name . Such a name , it was said , was not to be found in the calendar . ' To this , its members replied , 4 bat a Masonic Lodge is not a brotherhood of penitents . However , the title of . des NeufSoeurs was finally adopted . " The number of its members increased very rapidly , many of the
highest mental gifts and accomplishments united with it , and each of the nine muses ( soeurs ) was represented by renowned and distinguished Brethren . The W . M . was De Lalande . The names of
Voltaire , Franklin , Count de Gebelin , Parny , Roucher , Fontanes , Vernet , Turpin , Creuze , George Forster , Piecini , and many others , adorned its ranks as zealous workmen , and spread the dominion of science , each one in his own branch of learning , No meeting was held , in which there were not delivered some philosophical , historical ,
poetical , and artistic lectures , and none in which bounteous collections for benevolent purposes were not made , and statements relative to their individual use read . Every year , a sum of money was delivered to the director of some school or institute , for jthe support of the most indigent pupils—those being preferred who had received a prize from the university . This Lodge paid , yearly , for three apprentices
to mechanical arts , all expenses for food , instruction , and the fee necessary to enter a profession . Its benevolence extended even beyond the limits of the city of Paris . " Of the medal , the only original copy in Germany , and , so far as we know , in existence , belongs to the Provincial Grand Lodge of Mecklenburg , at Uostock , and we have no account of the purpose for which it was struck . It may be thus described : obverse—Pace of Franklin turned to the left ; , and inscription Benjaminus Franklin
On the reverse—the serpent , the emblem of eternity , embraced within the square and compasses , the latter encircled with a wreath ; above the whole , a cluster of seven stars . Within the circle , the triangle , containing the sacred name and emitting rays . The inscription
Les Magr . Franc :, a Franklin M . \ De La L :. Des 9 Soeurs , Or . De Paris h 5778 . At the bottom is a date , 5829 , probably the period of the copy in lead . ( The Freemasons to Frauklin Master of the Lodge Nine Muses , Orient of Paris , 1778 . ) This inscription suggests the inquiries , Was Pranklin Master of a Lodge in Paris ? did lie over vol . iv . v
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Two Well-Known* Masons;
the wreath which the Marquis de Villette , upon a former occasion , had given to Voltaire in the name of the Lodge , in token of his fraternal sorrow . An agape ( love-feast ) concluded the whole . " The medal noticed above is alluded to bv Mersdorf , in his "Die Denkmunzen der EreimalLrer-Bruderschaft , ' at page 58 , under title " Erance , —Medal in honour of Benjamin Eranklin by the Lodge des JVeitf Sceurs , 5778 , Bostock . "
Eurther upon this subject , we have , in Kiefs' " History of Ereemasonry in France / ' vol . i . pp . 258 , 25 ft ¦ : — " Lalande had instituted the Lodge des Sciences ( of the Sciences ) in 1769 , which worked independently for a few years , but at last applied to the Grand Orient for a charter . Before this period , and as early as March 11 , 1776 , it had encountered some opposition in consequence of its name . Such a name , it was said , was not to be found in the calendar . ' To this , its members replied , 4 bat a Masonic Lodge is not a brotherhood of penitents . However , the title of . des NeufSoeurs was finally adopted . " The number of its members increased very rapidly , many of the
highest mental gifts and accomplishments united with it , and each of the nine muses ( soeurs ) was represented by renowned and distinguished Brethren . The W . M . was De Lalande . The names of
Voltaire , Franklin , Count de Gebelin , Parny , Roucher , Fontanes , Vernet , Turpin , Creuze , George Forster , Piecini , and many others , adorned its ranks as zealous workmen , and spread the dominion of science , each one in his own branch of learning , No meeting was held , in which there were not delivered some philosophical , historical ,
poetical , and artistic lectures , and none in which bounteous collections for benevolent purposes were not made , and statements relative to their individual use read . Every year , a sum of money was delivered to the director of some school or institute , for jthe support of the most indigent pupils—those being preferred who had received a prize from the university . This Lodge paid , yearly , for three apprentices
to mechanical arts , all expenses for food , instruction , and the fee necessary to enter a profession . Its benevolence extended even beyond the limits of the city of Paris . " Of the medal , the only original copy in Germany , and , so far as we know , in existence , belongs to the Provincial Grand Lodge of Mecklenburg , at Uostock , and we have no account of the purpose for which it was struck . It may be thus described : obverse—Pace of Franklin turned to the left ; , and inscription Benjaminus Franklin
On the reverse—the serpent , the emblem of eternity , embraced within the square and compasses , the latter encircled with a wreath ; above the whole , a cluster of seven stars . Within the circle , the triangle , containing the sacred name and emitting rays . The inscription
Les Magr . Franc :, a Franklin M . \ De La L :. Des 9 Soeurs , Or . De Paris h 5778 . At the bottom is a date , 5829 , probably the period of the copy in lead . ( The Freemasons to Frauklin Master of the Lodge Nine Muses , Orient of Paris , 1778 . ) This inscription suggests the inquiries , Was Pranklin Master of a Lodge in Paris ? did lie over vol . iv . v