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the jewels were changed at the Union , and how it was , consequently , laid aside . The Square was just about to give an account of the Public Ceremonial of the Union , which took place at Preemasons Hall , but as Dr . Oliver knew this as well as the Square did , the Doctor forgot himself , and could not help putting in a word . The compact was on the instant broken . The charm was lost . The Square was silent . The book is closed !
No one who feels the slightest interest in the history of the Craft , between these two great epochs , can fail to feel a very high degree of pleasure in its perusal ; and few will lay it down without regret that the story is ended . The work is embellished with well-executed illustrations of the Commemoration Medal , a curious floor-cloth , and a very singular symbolical picture , entitled , " The Mysterious Mirror of Wisdom . " Jt is fvnrirthp . fi hv r » onifnia rpfp . i » ftr » pAa to all thp TVTasnrnft ' writers .
pro and con , during the period referred to ; and a host of curious incidents are related , which have been collected with great diligence , arranged with much judgment , and related in a very graphic style . "We wish all to read this book ; it well deserves the attention of & 11 ; we hope it will meet with its deserts . "We cannot wish it greater success . We might say much more \ it would be injustice to the accomplished author to have said less .
The Principles Op Masonry.
THE PRINCIPLES OP MASONRY ,
AS SYMBOLIZED IN THE REMAINS OF THE STRUCTURAL ERECTIONS OE THE MIDBLE AGES . BY BRO . E . G . BRUTON , ARCHITECT .
Ik considering the application which , in past time , has been made of the symbols of Preemasonry , and examining how far they may he considered a key of the mind and principles of those who applied them , we must consider rather the general way in which they have been so applied , than that exemplified by any particular application ; the obiect of this essav beinsf * rather to lead the Brethren to observe
where Masonic symbols have been used , than to catalogue the instances of their employment . The latter course would be inexpedient for several reasons ; the stronger of which , in the writer ' s opinion , lies in the danger of committing to print such an exposition of those examples as might
be necessary to enforce their application upon the more obtuse ot our Brethren , and at the same time avoid such as should escape the penetration of the more acute of the uninitiated . Every attentive observer of the principles of Craft Masonry , in their application to the ordinary transactions of life , must have rejoiced von . I . M
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the jewels were changed at the Union , and how it was , consequently , laid aside . The Square was just about to give an account of the Public Ceremonial of the Union , which took place at Preemasons Hall , but as Dr . Oliver knew this as well as the Square did , the Doctor forgot himself , and could not help putting in a word . The compact was on the instant broken . The charm was lost . The Square was silent . The book is closed !
No one who feels the slightest interest in the history of the Craft , between these two great epochs , can fail to feel a very high degree of pleasure in its perusal ; and few will lay it down without regret that the story is ended . The work is embellished with well-executed illustrations of the Commemoration Medal , a curious floor-cloth , and a very singular symbolical picture , entitled , " The Mysterious Mirror of Wisdom . " Jt is fvnrirthp . fi hv r » onifnia rpfp . i » ftr » pAa to all thp TVTasnrnft ' writers .
pro and con , during the period referred to ; and a host of curious incidents are related , which have been collected with great diligence , arranged with much judgment , and related in a very graphic style . "We wish all to read this book ; it well deserves the attention of & 11 ; we hope it will meet with its deserts . "We cannot wish it greater success . We might say much more \ it would be injustice to the accomplished author to have said less .
The Principles Op Masonry.
THE PRINCIPLES OP MASONRY ,
AS SYMBOLIZED IN THE REMAINS OF THE STRUCTURAL ERECTIONS OE THE MIDBLE AGES . BY BRO . E . G . BRUTON , ARCHITECT .
Ik considering the application which , in past time , has been made of the symbols of Preemasonry , and examining how far they may he considered a key of the mind and principles of those who applied them , we must consider rather the general way in which they have been so applied , than that exemplified by any particular application ; the obiect of this essav beinsf * rather to lead the Brethren to observe
where Masonic symbols have been used , than to catalogue the instances of their employment . The latter course would be inexpedient for several reasons ; the stronger of which , in the writer ' s opinion , lies in the danger of committing to print such an exposition of those examples as might
be necessary to enforce their application upon the more obtuse ot our Brethren , and at the same time avoid such as should escape the penetration of the more acute of the uninitiated . Every attentive observer of the principles of Craft Masonry , in their application to the ordinary transactions of life , must have rejoiced von . I . M