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the sense o ^ favour , is unknown ; in the sense of duty , it is never forgotten . " The court , camp , shore , the vessel , and the mart , " are the scenes of its hourly action , its silent energy , its unproclaimed triumphs I Its devotion to the hovel as to the mansion , exonerates it from the charge of partiality or indifference ; its taciturnity from arrogance ; its individuality from imbecility of purpose ; whilst

unselfishness marks its whole career , with the glorious witness of risks incurred , labour lavished , toils endured ; - —ay , most wonderful ! even gold bestowed!—without the least chance of popular fame , the remotest contingency of lofty preferment;— -only that Brothers may meet upon that line of Masonic sympathy , which spans by a bridge erf hearts , the swollen tides of human wretchedness , and encompasses all countries , with a ring of love !

Notes On Antiquarian Research

NOTES ON ANTIQFAEIAN RESEAKCH

CHAPTER I . " Marks left by the fingers of some sly old antiquarian . " —Examiner . The Bishop of Oxford , in an interesting address , which he delivered at Winchester , before the Archaeological Institute , in 1845 ,

said : — " We cannot conceal ironi ourselves that the antiquary has been commonly conceived to be a harmless creature , patient alike , and provocative of jibes , with little pith or point of character , and little earnestness , except for trifl . es . Pope , in his sonorous " Antithesis , " has well expressed the common charge : —

" With sharpen'd sight pale antiquaries pore , The inscription value , but the bust adore . " Passing on to show " we are a link in the . golden chain which reaches from the beginning to the end , " and that reliques are witnesses and records of the past , the bishop sets forth the character of the true antiquary , concluding his address in the following sentences :

" Here , then , we take our stand . Into that old past we love to look , because in it was life ; into it we dare to look , because that life is now in us ; and that same gift we do believe we may pass , to those beyond us . "We too may and shall be ancients , and matter for history . Let us yield ourselves with what freedom we may to the working of the power within us , and our deeds will harmonise with those brought by the same power , through the noble spirits who

have been before us . Let us only use them as examples and incentives , and not feebly and blindly copy them as models . Let us visit the scenes of their departed greatness , not to array out ourselves idly , in their worn-out customs , but that , having ears to gather up the whispers of their oracular advices , we may , by our own skill in art , by boldness in execution , fashion for ourselves the outward circumstances we need . "

“The Freemasons' Monthly Magazine: 1855-05-01, Page 6” Masonic Periodicals Online, Library and Museum of Freemasonry, 1 June 2025, django:8000/periodicals/mmr/issues/mmr_01051855/page/6/.
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AMERICA. Article 54
TRAVELS BY A FREEMASON. Article 11
ON THE POLITICAL CONDITION OF THE ENGLISH PEASANTRY DURING THE MIDDLE AGES. Article 17
LONDON AND ITS MASONS. Article 1
ANIMAL AND HUMAN INSTINCT. Article 21
THE EMPEROR'S VISIT. Article 28
REV. BRO. OLIVER, D.D., VICAR OF SCOPWICK. Article 30
REVIEWS OF NEW BOOKS. Article 31
TO CORRESPONDENTS. Article 63
NOTES AND QUERIES. Article 38
MASONIC INTELLIGENCE. Article 40
METROPOLITAN. Article 43
PROVINCIAL. Article 45
SCOTLAND. Article 51
COLONIAL. Article 52
INDIA. Article 54
TURKEY. Article 56
METROPOLITAN LODGE MEETINGS FOR THE MONTH Of MAY. Article 57
LODGES OF INSTRUCTION. Article 59
CHAPTERS OF INSTRUCTION. Article 60
Obituary Article 60
NOTICE. Article 62
ROYAL MEDICAL BENEVOLENT COLLEGE. Article 62
NOTES ON ANTIQUARIAN RESEARCH Article 6
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Untitled Article

the sense o ^ favour , is unknown ; in the sense of duty , it is never forgotten . " The court , camp , shore , the vessel , and the mart , " are the scenes of its hourly action , its silent energy , its unproclaimed triumphs I Its devotion to the hovel as to the mansion , exonerates it from the charge of partiality or indifference ; its taciturnity from arrogance ; its individuality from imbecility of purpose ; whilst

unselfishness marks its whole career , with the glorious witness of risks incurred , labour lavished , toils endured ; - —ay , most wonderful ! even gold bestowed!—without the least chance of popular fame , the remotest contingency of lofty preferment;— -only that Brothers may meet upon that line of Masonic sympathy , which spans by a bridge erf hearts , the swollen tides of human wretchedness , and encompasses all countries , with a ring of love !

Notes On Antiquarian Research

NOTES ON ANTIQFAEIAN RESEAKCH

CHAPTER I . " Marks left by the fingers of some sly old antiquarian . " —Examiner . The Bishop of Oxford , in an interesting address , which he delivered at Winchester , before the Archaeological Institute , in 1845 ,

said : — " We cannot conceal ironi ourselves that the antiquary has been commonly conceived to be a harmless creature , patient alike , and provocative of jibes , with little pith or point of character , and little earnestness , except for trifl . es . Pope , in his sonorous " Antithesis , " has well expressed the common charge : —

" With sharpen'd sight pale antiquaries pore , The inscription value , but the bust adore . " Passing on to show " we are a link in the . golden chain which reaches from the beginning to the end , " and that reliques are witnesses and records of the past , the bishop sets forth the character of the true antiquary , concluding his address in the following sentences :

" Here , then , we take our stand . Into that old past we love to look , because in it was life ; into it we dare to look , because that life is now in us ; and that same gift we do believe we may pass , to those beyond us . "We too may and shall be ancients , and matter for history . Let us yield ourselves with what freedom we may to the working of the power within us , and our deeds will harmonise with those brought by the same power , through the noble spirits who

have been before us . Let us only use them as examples and incentives , and not feebly and blindly copy them as models . Let us visit the scenes of their departed greatness , not to array out ourselves idly , in their worn-out customs , but that , having ears to gather up the whispers of their oracular advices , we may , by our own skill in art , by boldness in execution , fashion for ourselves the outward circumstances we need . "

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