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Hints On The Secret Literature Of Freemasonry.
HINTS ON THE SECRET LITERATURE OF FREEMASONRY .
Gfflfl has always been the lob of those Avho advocate opinions *| p » and facts contraiy to the received ideas of a commwiity to be branded as visionaries and ridiculed for their temerity , in darhig to think for themselves or draw their owri conclusions from documentary evidence .
We are prepared to encounter a perfect storm of disapprobation from brethren of the inferior degrees , who are wedded to certain ritualistic traditions , but whose systematic Freemasonry is built upo 3 i the revivalist doctrines of 1717 and the iiinovatio 3 is that have crept into Freemasonry , as practised by the Grand Lodge of England apart from the cosmopolitanism of the craft , down to the period of the last quarterly
communication . With the exception of some very few Masonic masters and students it is certain that the majority of English Ereemaso 3 is will deem us pure enthusiasts , but it must not be forgotten , —neither shall we be loathe to accept the character , —that
enthusiasts are tl 30 . se who materially contribute to the great spring of intellectual activity , and none are animated by this enthusiasm Avithout some apparent light , some idea that j > os-YOL . I . h '
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Hints On The Secret Literature Of Freemasonry.
HINTS ON THE SECRET LITERATURE OF FREEMASONRY .
Gfflfl has always been the lob of those Avho advocate opinions *| p » and facts contraiy to the received ideas of a commwiity to be branded as visionaries and ridiculed for their temerity , in darhig to think for themselves or draw their owri conclusions from documentary evidence .
We are prepared to encounter a perfect storm of disapprobation from brethren of the inferior degrees , who are wedded to certain ritualistic traditions , but whose systematic Freemasonry is built upo 3 i the revivalist doctrines of 1717 and the iiinovatio 3 is that have crept into Freemasonry , as practised by the Grand Lodge of England apart from the cosmopolitanism of the craft , down to the period of the last quarterly
communication . With the exception of some very few Masonic masters and students it is certain that the majority of English Ereemaso 3 is will deem us pure enthusiasts , but it must not be forgotten , —neither shall we be loathe to accept the character , —that
enthusiasts are tl 30 . se who materially contribute to the great spring of intellectual activity , and none are animated by this enthusiasm Avithout some apparent light , some idea that j > os-YOL . I . h '