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Article THE FREEMASONRY QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 4 of 8 →
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The Freemasonry Quarterly Review.
false position ; it will be pleasant , however , to hear at some future day , that a gradual recovery of the confidence of his Brethren , may reward the return of the Right Honourable Brother from the devious path of error . The Grand Master followed , and agreed in all that had fallen from his right honourable friend , and would meet his views—indeed , he had
directed a Master of a Lodge , accustomed to Ihe business of reporting , to attend that evening . He ( the Grand Master ) would examine the report , and what he thought proper to be printed should be immediately circulated among the Lodges . In the course of the evening the Grand Master was reminded , that although there was no penalty attaching to any mistake on his part , yet there surely was a responsibility that
devolved on him ; to which the Grand Master replied , that when he first accepted office , he stated that when he should fail in giving satisfaction , the Grand Lodge at the proper period could elect another Grand Master in his stead . One or two other Brethren , who acknowledged that they were not in the habit of reading the Review , quite agreed with the Grand
Master . Our next remarks will be directed to the address of another Right AVorshipful Brother , who had hardly looked at the Freemasons'
Quarterly Review , but had no doubt that its reports were garbled—and false AVhen reminded that the term " false" was an improper expression , he replied— " No one denies that the reports are false , "—as if the writers of articles in a periodical were to be at hand to parry the attacks of sudden malignity . ' He , forsooth , did not envy the feelings of the author , who must be ignorant of the holy principles of brotherly love ,
relief , and truth . In this strain did the Right AVorshipful continue a tedious address , until the auditory yawned . There was a singular contrast in his movements , for with a nosegay in his hand , he was continually imbibing the sweetness of poetical aspirations , which became so changed on the sudden as to remind us of some barrister browbeating a witness and charging a jury—Iras et verba locant . His ignorance of
the contents of the Freemasons' Quarterly Review , and his vaunting declaration that the author of some article therein ( he could not tell what article ) did not dare to avow himself , were admirably met by four Brethren below the dai's , who did not contradict him , such being unnecessary , they merely put him clean out of court . It was marvellous to hear some of these Brethren . History has proved
that time was when " the fool and the sycophant were for centuries the appanage of high folk , " the office of the former has been abolished , however he may quietly exist as an individual ; but Grand Lodge seems to rejoice in its sycophants , who may be noticed both on and below' the dais by the gaudy plumage of the peacock , although thoy
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The Freemasonry Quarterly Review.
false position ; it will be pleasant , however , to hear at some future day , that a gradual recovery of the confidence of his Brethren , may reward the return of the Right Honourable Brother from the devious path of error . The Grand Master followed , and agreed in all that had fallen from his right honourable friend , and would meet his views—indeed , he had
directed a Master of a Lodge , accustomed to Ihe business of reporting , to attend that evening . He ( the Grand Master ) would examine the report , and what he thought proper to be printed should be immediately circulated among the Lodges . In the course of the evening the Grand Master was reminded , that although there was no penalty attaching to any mistake on his part , yet there surely was a responsibility that
devolved on him ; to which the Grand Master replied , that when he first accepted office , he stated that when he should fail in giving satisfaction , the Grand Lodge at the proper period could elect another Grand Master in his stead . One or two other Brethren , who acknowledged that they were not in the habit of reading the Review , quite agreed with the Grand
Master . Our next remarks will be directed to the address of another Right AVorshipful Brother , who had hardly looked at the Freemasons'
Quarterly Review , but had no doubt that its reports were garbled—and false AVhen reminded that the term " false" was an improper expression , he replied— " No one denies that the reports are false , "—as if the writers of articles in a periodical were to be at hand to parry the attacks of sudden malignity . ' He , forsooth , did not envy the feelings of the author , who must be ignorant of the holy principles of brotherly love ,
relief , and truth . In this strain did the Right AVorshipful continue a tedious address , until the auditory yawned . There was a singular contrast in his movements , for with a nosegay in his hand , he was continually imbibing the sweetness of poetical aspirations , which became so changed on the sudden as to remind us of some barrister browbeating a witness and charging a jury—Iras et verba locant . His ignorance of
the contents of the Freemasons' Quarterly Review , and his vaunting declaration that the author of some article therein ( he could not tell what article ) did not dare to avow himself , were admirably met by four Brethren below the dai's , who did not contradict him , such being unnecessary , they merely put him clean out of court . It was marvellous to hear some of these Brethren . History has proved
that time was when " the fool and the sycophant were for centuries the appanage of high folk , " the office of the former has been abolished , however he may quietly exist as an individual ; but Grand Lodge seems to rejoice in its sycophants , who may be noticed both on and below' the dais by the gaudy plumage of the peacock , although thoy