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upon which I have much to say . I will conclude by expressing my sincere regret at the existence of a spirit of vindictive animosity in the minds of certain prominent members of the executive , which will , I fear , inevitably tend to widen the breach which all good Masons cannot but lament to witness , but which it is impossible can be healed until they better learn the lessons of charity and brotherlloveand cease their efforts to drive men to
y , extremes by an obstinate persistence in imputing unworthy motives , and in wilfully misjudging the actions and intentions of all whom they have arrayed in opposition to themselves . I am , Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , . London , 11 th June , 1859 . ' FRED . BIKCKES .
¦ "JUSTITIA" v . BRO . GARROD . TO THE EDITOR 05 ? THE WUKBiSASOKS' MAGAOTB AND MASONIC MIRROR , DEAR SIR AXD BROTHER , —Your number of the 1 st of June contained a , letter from Bro . Garrod , of the Enoch Lodge . No . 11 , on the subject of a . letter from me which had appeared in your previous number . There was
nothing in Bro . Garrod's letter requiring any notice from me , except that he stated that my former letter was " couched in terms of scurrility ; " that f " descended to contemptuous expressions towards Bro . Whitmore ; " aud that I " characterized opponents by opprobrious epithets . " I could not find , on perusing my letter , that it was open to these strictures ; and on the 4 th instant , I wrote to you to that effect . This seems to have displeased Bro . Garrod more than my first letter , for
T observe that in your last number he says , that it contains nothing " relevant to the matter in hand ; " and he repeats the charges which he at first made against the language of my letter of the 23 rd of May , I cannot enter into a personal discussion with Bro . Garrod . I would merel y remind him of his own remark , that " assertion is not proof . " When Bro . Garrod points out the expressions in my letter of the 23 rd of May , which he considers to deserve the language which he has liedthen it will
app , be quite time for me to deal further with the matter . In the meantime the question is not , so far as I am concerned , a personal one . The real point is , were the statements made by me true or untrue . Up to the present moment Bro . Garrod has not attempted to contravene them , I am , Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , June 20 th , 1859 , ' JUSTIUA .
MASONIC HALLS . TO THE EDITOR Of THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . DEAR SIR AXD BROTHER , —From your number of the 8 th instant , I learn your desire to receive some additional particulars of the Masonic Halls at Stockholm Berlin
, Copenhagen , , and Rostock , which I should be happy to comply with , but for it being matter which , from sundry . reasons , it' 2 '
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Correspondence.
upon which I have much to say . I will conclude by expressing my sincere regret at the existence of a spirit of vindictive animosity in the minds of certain prominent members of the executive , which will , I fear , inevitably tend to widen the breach which all good Masons cannot but lament to witness , but which it is impossible can be healed until they better learn the lessons of charity and brotherlloveand cease their efforts to drive men to
y , extremes by an obstinate persistence in imputing unworthy motives , and in wilfully misjudging the actions and intentions of all whom they have arrayed in opposition to themselves . I am , Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , . London , 11 th June , 1859 . ' FRED . BIKCKES .
¦ "JUSTITIA" v . BRO . GARROD . TO THE EDITOR 05 ? THE WUKBiSASOKS' MAGAOTB AND MASONIC MIRROR , DEAR SIR AXD BROTHER , —Your number of the 1 st of June contained a , letter from Bro . Garrod , of the Enoch Lodge . No . 11 , on the subject of a . letter from me which had appeared in your previous number . There was
nothing in Bro . Garrod's letter requiring any notice from me , except that he stated that my former letter was " couched in terms of scurrility ; " that f " descended to contemptuous expressions towards Bro . Whitmore ; " aud that I " characterized opponents by opprobrious epithets . " I could not find , on perusing my letter , that it was open to these strictures ; and on the 4 th instant , I wrote to you to that effect . This seems to have displeased Bro . Garrod more than my first letter , for
T observe that in your last number he says , that it contains nothing " relevant to the matter in hand ; " and he repeats the charges which he at first made against the language of my letter of the 23 rd of May , I cannot enter into a personal discussion with Bro . Garrod . I would merel y remind him of his own remark , that " assertion is not proof . " When Bro . Garrod points out the expressions in my letter of the 23 rd of May , which he considers to deserve the language which he has liedthen it will
app , be quite time for me to deal further with the matter . In the meantime the question is not , so far as I am concerned , a personal one . The real point is , were the statements made by me true or untrue . Up to the present moment Bro . Garrod has not attempted to contravene them , I am , Sir and Brother , yours fraternally , June 20 th , 1859 , ' JUSTIUA .
MASONIC HALLS . TO THE EDITOR Of THE FREEMASONS' MAGAZINE AND MASONIC MIRROR . DEAR SIR AXD BROTHER , —From your number of the 8 th instant , I learn your desire to receive some additional particulars of the Masonic Halls at Stockholm Berlin
, Copenhagen , , and Rostock , which I should be happy to comply with , but for it being matter which , from sundry . reasons , it' 2 '