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Symbolic Teaching.
double square , this diagonal right line , being common to both the triangles formed by its bisection , acquires in this connection a quadrup le value . Now a moment ' s reference to the accompanying diagram will prove that the square path between two given points is , in reality , a devious one , or zigzag ; whilst that which goes straig ht to its object
is but the hypothenuse of a triangle produced , or of a succession of triangles , and each of them a right-angled figure . Such a course does the mariner invariably take unless compelled to tack , which then becomes his best alternative path ; his vessel then adopts a zigzag course towards the desired haven .
From this we may morally deduce the following : —viz ., that although habitually guided by the square , to the intensely earnest Mason there is yet a path , which , if anxiously and diligently sought for , will the sooner elevate him in his profession , and the nearer bring him to those blessed mansions where he shall be eternally happy with HimwhoisT . G . A . O . T . U .
Grants Of Armorial Bearings
GRANTS OF ARMORIAL BEARINGS
BY WHICH KING H ENRY THE SIXTH ENNOBLED ROGER KEYS AND NICHOLAS CLOSE , A . D . 1449-1452 . nHHE following documents are taken from " Bentley ' s Excerpta
- * - Historica , or Illustrations of English History , " London , 1833 > pp . 43 and 362 . With the exception of a few words inserted in square brackets in explanation of contracted words , and the commas to indicate Latin abbreviations , for which special types has been used by Bentley , the deeds bearing on Masonry and his notes upon them
are here given in full . It has been thought well to reprint them in the pages of the Masonic Monthly , as they have been often referred to , and very fittingly find a place in a work devoted to Masonic Archeeology . It will be remembered that King James III . granted armorial
bearings to John Mylne , who was appointed Master Mason in Scotland abont 1814 . — " Diet , of Architecture . " W . H . R .-
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Symbolic Teaching.
double square , this diagonal right line , being common to both the triangles formed by its bisection , acquires in this connection a quadrup le value . Now a moment ' s reference to the accompanying diagram will prove that the square path between two given points is , in reality , a devious one , or zigzag ; whilst that which goes straig ht to its object
is but the hypothenuse of a triangle produced , or of a succession of triangles , and each of them a right-angled figure . Such a course does the mariner invariably take unless compelled to tack , which then becomes his best alternative path ; his vessel then adopts a zigzag course towards the desired haven .
From this we may morally deduce the following : —viz ., that although habitually guided by the square , to the intensely earnest Mason there is yet a path , which , if anxiously and diligently sought for , will the sooner elevate him in his profession , and the nearer bring him to those blessed mansions where he shall be eternally happy with HimwhoisT . G . A . O . T . U .
Grants Of Armorial Bearings
GRANTS OF ARMORIAL BEARINGS
BY WHICH KING H ENRY THE SIXTH ENNOBLED ROGER KEYS AND NICHOLAS CLOSE , A . D . 1449-1452 . nHHE following documents are taken from " Bentley ' s Excerpta
- * - Historica , or Illustrations of English History , " London , 1833 > pp . 43 and 362 . With the exception of a few words inserted in square brackets in explanation of contracted words , and the commas to indicate Latin abbreviations , for which special types has been used by Bentley , the deeds bearing on Masonry and his notes upon them
are here given in full . It has been thought well to reprint them in the pages of the Masonic Monthly , as they have been often referred to , and very fittingly find a place in a work devoted to Masonic Archeeology . It will be remembered that King James III . granted armorial
bearings to John Mylne , who was appointed Master Mason in Scotland abont 1814 . — " Diet , of Architecture . " W . H . R .-