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The Patbiotic Fund.
THE PATBIOTIC FUND .
Histoktt records the noble conduct of a Roman , who leapt , horse and all , into a yawning gulf to save the city . Tradition has also handed down the deed , though not the name , of another hero , who , disregarding the pangs of outraged nature in the glory of selfsacrifice , wreaked vengeance upon his visage at the expense of his
olfactory organ—or , in plain English , cut off his nose to spite his face . It is , we fear , somewhat of the same undiscriminating spirit , that a few of the members of Grand Lodge have announced their intention of opposing the grant of £ 1000 to the Patriotic Fund . There are three grounds , upon one or other of which every
member of the minority ( should it come to a division ) will vote . First—There are those whose opinion it is that the constitution of the governing body , in Grand Lodge , is not exactly what it should be , or what the Craft have a right to expect ; that , like the Russell administrations , it is confined too much to a clique , and that there is ,
now and then , waited along an odour 01 stale politics , which is distasteful to the nose of every true Mason ; and so they will jump at an opportunity for a slap at the dais ; and , though the connexion is hardly obvious , will oppose a grant to the Patriotic Fund . We are not now about to consider the faults or the merits , the virtues or the vices , of the Officers of Grand Lodge . Whether they are worthy of the resnect of the Craft , and on the whole the best representatives
that can be found of the body politic , is a question we are content to leave to the decision of those who benefit by their labours , and will not be misled by the clamour of faction , to act unjustly towards men , who endeavour faithfully to fulfil the trust confided to them . We are perfectly aware that mankind is fallible , and that Masons form no exception to the general rule . It is also certain that there YOL . T . T
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The Patbiotic Fund.
THE PATBIOTIC FUND .
Histoktt records the noble conduct of a Roman , who leapt , horse and all , into a yawning gulf to save the city . Tradition has also handed down the deed , though not the name , of another hero , who , disregarding the pangs of outraged nature in the glory of selfsacrifice , wreaked vengeance upon his visage at the expense of his
olfactory organ—or , in plain English , cut off his nose to spite his face . It is , we fear , somewhat of the same undiscriminating spirit , that a few of the members of Grand Lodge have announced their intention of opposing the grant of £ 1000 to the Patriotic Fund . There are three grounds , upon one or other of which every
member of the minority ( should it come to a division ) will vote . First—There are those whose opinion it is that the constitution of the governing body , in Grand Lodge , is not exactly what it should be , or what the Craft have a right to expect ; that , like the Russell administrations , it is confined too much to a clique , and that there is ,
now and then , waited along an odour 01 stale politics , which is distasteful to the nose of every true Mason ; and so they will jump at an opportunity for a slap at the dais ; and , though the connexion is hardly obvious , will oppose a grant to the Patriotic Fund . We are not now about to consider the faults or the merits , the virtues or the vices , of the Officers of Grand Lodge . Whether they are worthy of the resnect of the Craft , and on the whole the best representatives
that can be found of the body politic , is a question we are content to leave to the decision of those who benefit by their labours , and will not be misled by the clamour of faction , to act unjustly towards men , who endeavour faithfully to fulfil the trust confided to them . We are perfectly aware that mankind is fallible , and that Masons form no exception to the general rule . It is also certain that there YOL . T . T