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Article OF COURAGE, FORTITUDE, and FEAR. ← Page 4 of 4 Article MEMOIRS OF THE FREEMASONS OF NAPLES. Page 1 of 3 →
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Of Courage, Fortitude, And Fear.
peasant ought to be burnt as a sorcerer . c Sir , ' said the fellow ' , ' irritated at the remark , ' if your majesty will but make that old gentleman take of his sword and his spurs , I will eat him immediately before . I begin the hog . ' General Konigsmarc ( who had , at the head of a body of Swedes , performed wonders against the Austrians , and who was looked upon as one of the bravest men of the age ) could not stand this proposal- especiallas it was
accom-, y panied b y a most hideous and preternatural expansion of the fri ghtful peasant ' s jaws . Without uttering a word , the veteran suddenly turned round , ran out of the court , and thought not himself safe till he had arrived at his quarters ; where he remained above twentyfour hours locked up securely , before he had got rid of the panic
which had so severely affected him . " | The influence of fear , both in occasioningand aggravating diseases is also yery great . No man ought to be blamed for a decent concern about life ; but too great a desire to preserve it , is often the cause oflosingit . Fear and anxiety , by depressing the spirits , not only dispose us to diseases , but often render those diseases fatal which an undaunted mind would overcome . Sudden fear has generallviolent
y effects . Epileptic fits , and other convulsive disorders , are often occasioned by it . Hence the danger of that practice , so common . among young people , of frightening one another . Many have lost their lives , and others have been rendered miserable , by frolics of this kind . It is dangerous to tamper with the human passions . The mind may easily be thrown into such disorder as never again to act with
regularity . ¦ In acute diseases frights have evidently killed many , by the agitation into which they have thrown the spirits , already too much disordered . We have also accounts of persons absolutely killed by terrors-when in perfect health at the time of receiving the shock ¦ from them ; and people ordered to be executed , but with private rders for a reprieve , have expired at the block without a Wound ,
Memoirs Of The Freemasons Of Naples.
MEMOIRS OF THE FREEMASONS OF NAPLES .
{ Continuedfrom Page 107 . 3 HE had been a Mason about three years , in short he was one of those who unfortunatel y for society have introduced themselves into those meetings . Pallante had engaged him by gifts , and the promise of impunity to get himself admitted a second time into another Lodge , that he mi ght inform against the Society and deliver them into his power . . - . - Rho was charged . to speak to this man who was , by means of bribery , to engage Peyrol to convene a Lodge
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Of Courage, Fortitude, And Fear.
peasant ought to be burnt as a sorcerer . c Sir , ' said the fellow ' , ' irritated at the remark , ' if your majesty will but make that old gentleman take of his sword and his spurs , I will eat him immediately before . I begin the hog . ' General Konigsmarc ( who had , at the head of a body of Swedes , performed wonders against the Austrians , and who was looked upon as one of the bravest men of the age ) could not stand this proposal- especiallas it was
accom-, y panied b y a most hideous and preternatural expansion of the fri ghtful peasant ' s jaws . Without uttering a word , the veteran suddenly turned round , ran out of the court , and thought not himself safe till he had arrived at his quarters ; where he remained above twentyfour hours locked up securely , before he had got rid of the panic
which had so severely affected him . " | The influence of fear , both in occasioningand aggravating diseases is also yery great . No man ought to be blamed for a decent concern about life ; but too great a desire to preserve it , is often the cause oflosingit . Fear and anxiety , by depressing the spirits , not only dispose us to diseases , but often render those diseases fatal which an undaunted mind would overcome . Sudden fear has generallviolent
y effects . Epileptic fits , and other convulsive disorders , are often occasioned by it . Hence the danger of that practice , so common . among young people , of frightening one another . Many have lost their lives , and others have been rendered miserable , by frolics of this kind . It is dangerous to tamper with the human passions . The mind may easily be thrown into such disorder as never again to act with
regularity . ¦ In acute diseases frights have evidently killed many , by the agitation into which they have thrown the spirits , already too much disordered . We have also accounts of persons absolutely killed by terrors-when in perfect health at the time of receiving the shock ¦ from them ; and people ordered to be executed , but with private rders for a reprieve , have expired at the block without a Wound ,
Memoirs Of The Freemasons Of Naples.
MEMOIRS OF THE FREEMASONS OF NAPLES .
{ Continuedfrom Page 107 . 3 HE had been a Mason about three years , in short he was one of those who unfortunatel y for society have introduced themselves into those meetings . Pallante had engaged him by gifts , and the promise of impunity to get himself admitted a second time into another Lodge , that he mi ght inform against the Society and deliver them into his power . . - . - Rho was charged . to speak to this man who was , by means of bribery , to engage Peyrol to convene a Lodge