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not necessarily supersede the patriot : into the ocean of the great heart of Freemasonry , a thousand rills of individual association flow , though like the ocean , when the empires on its shores are changed , and when mutability and uncertainty cry from the deserted palaces of Bel and JSTimrod , —the haunts of the mighty dead , —to the apparently secure glories of present kingdoms , itself unchangeable— " Time writes no wrinkle on its azure brow !"
" Tempora mutantur , ei . nos mwtamur in illis , "—is true of human greatness , but is inapplicable to a great truth , for truth ever lives , and that the reign of peace over the peoples and languages of the world , is the sure epoch of prosperity to each and all , is a verity proved by the experience of all time . Whatever ills may be f all this or any other nation , the Mason has pledges of security unaffected by
external change ; but the ties of kindred , birth , education , habit , bind him in the character of father , husband , citizen , to his native country , and hence he owns that patriotism , which cements and contains them all . How fully then , and with what a far more unselfish view than the usual one taken by the uninitiated , of England's union with Erance , must the Mason have appreciated the visit of our illustrious guests ? How heartily must he desire the ratification of that motto
which faced the royal party at the Crystal Palace as they sat on the dais , — "For ever united ? " How thoroughly must he reciprocate the manly expression of sentiments uttered by the French emperor to the deputations , comprehending as those sentiments did , not merely the wishes for , but the . elements of French and English prosperity . We say , unselfish were the true Mason ' s feelings on this
occasion , for , unlike the uninitiated , he has a home in every country , and those who depreciate Masonic advantages would be very glad to claim their protection in any evil hour ; but loyalty and patriotic attachments are bound up in the feelings of the Fraternity , and we feel , therefore , that we should have disparaged them if we had allowed the recent remarkable occasion of the triumph of national good-will over old grudges to have passed without comment , or
forborne giving utterance to them on behalf of the Craft . The scheming politician , the insincere courtier , the supple recreant , the venal parasite , may thrive in the tumults of states , and selfishness , like a snail , crawl over the polished mirror of a country ' s greatness , and while seeming to exult in peace , long for the agitations and
vicissitudes of national disquiet ; but Masonry gives an indubitable pledge of its sincerity in desiring " good-will towards men , " seeing that some of its sons must suffer by war , as they are disseminated throughout the earth ; that the pain of one brother commands the sympathy of all , and that of all members of human institutions , each son of Masonry may boldly claim the motto which he is bound practically to develop , — a Homo sum : liumani nihil ji me nlienum puto . "
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not necessarily supersede the patriot : into the ocean of the great heart of Freemasonry , a thousand rills of individual association flow , though like the ocean , when the empires on its shores are changed , and when mutability and uncertainty cry from the deserted palaces of Bel and JSTimrod , —the haunts of the mighty dead , —to the apparently secure glories of present kingdoms , itself unchangeable— " Time writes no wrinkle on its azure brow !"
" Tempora mutantur , ei . nos mwtamur in illis , "—is true of human greatness , but is inapplicable to a great truth , for truth ever lives , and that the reign of peace over the peoples and languages of the world , is the sure epoch of prosperity to each and all , is a verity proved by the experience of all time . Whatever ills may be f all this or any other nation , the Mason has pledges of security unaffected by
external change ; but the ties of kindred , birth , education , habit , bind him in the character of father , husband , citizen , to his native country , and hence he owns that patriotism , which cements and contains them all . How fully then , and with what a far more unselfish view than the usual one taken by the uninitiated , of England's union with Erance , must the Mason have appreciated the visit of our illustrious guests ? How heartily must he desire the ratification of that motto
which faced the royal party at the Crystal Palace as they sat on the dais , — "For ever united ? " How thoroughly must he reciprocate the manly expression of sentiments uttered by the French emperor to the deputations , comprehending as those sentiments did , not merely the wishes for , but the . elements of French and English prosperity . We say , unselfish were the true Mason ' s feelings on this
occasion , for , unlike the uninitiated , he has a home in every country , and those who depreciate Masonic advantages would be very glad to claim their protection in any evil hour ; but loyalty and patriotic attachments are bound up in the feelings of the Fraternity , and we feel , therefore , that we should have disparaged them if we had allowed the recent remarkable occasion of the triumph of national good-will over old grudges to have passed without comment , or
forborne giving utterance to them on behalf of the Craft . The scheming politician , the insincere courtier , the supple recreant , the venal parasite , may thrive in the tumults of states , and selfishness , like a snail , crawl over the polished mirror of a country ' s greatness , and while seeming to exult in peace , long for the agitations and
vicissitudes of national disquiet ; but Masonry gives an indubitable pledge of its sincerity in desiring " good-will towards men , " seeing that some of its sons must suffer by war , as they are disseminated throughout the earth ; that the pain of one brother commands the sympathy of all , and that of all members of human institutions , each son of Masonry may boldly claim the motto which he is bound practically to develop , — a Homo sum : liumani nihil ji me nlienum puto . "