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Article THE REVELATIONS OF A SQUARE. ← Page 9 of 16 →
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The Revelations Of A Square.
where cock never crows , women never brawl , nor lion ever roars . * . ,. ,. Here I was about to violate our compact by repudiating the application of these puerilities to the Masons _ of the present day , when my mentor hastily moved one of his limbs forward , with an admonitory swagger , ancl cried out , " Hold ! the sound of the human voice will
speak not , answer not ; annihilate my colloquial powers ! I acquit you of any participation in these fabulous inventions . They were excusable a century ago , when the million could neither read nor write , and were obliged to take on credit every vague assertion of those who had the advantage of mental culture
andthere-; , fore , you need not wonder that in times when the fables of King Arthur and his Eaven , the Seven Champions , Mother Shipton , and the Predictions of Nostrodamus and the doublethumbed Miller , were implicitly credited , there" should be found many believers in the spurious legends of continental
Masonry . . . . " I have taken the liberty of digressing at this particular period , " continued the Square , " because I have nothing favourable to reveal respecting the transactions of our Lodge under an inefficient Master ; but when I passed to Bro . Hesletine , our numbers were soon recruited . It is true , Masonic
Masonic impostors ancl pretenders were numerous and active ; but our E . W . M . was ever on the alert , and knew all the vulnerable points of the enemy ' s position . Thus he was able , by a series of judicious and well-timed exposures of the iniquity of the one and the moral degradation of the other , to silence the and put the scoffers to shame . He
gainsayers , open made them feel that men who are willing to prostitute thentime and talent for the questionable purpose of gratifying a prurient curiosity , are open to the operation of public opinion , which , when rightly directed , is sure to cover them
with shame and confusion . " Bro . Hesletine was extremely anxious that the Oralt should enjoy the blessings of uniformity in discipline and work . And to contribute to the accomplishment of so desirable an end , he spared neither time nor expense ; and not only visited every London Lodge , but made excursions to the most distant parts of the island . Wherever he heard of a
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Revelations Of A Square.
where cock never crows , women never brawl , nor lion ever roars . * . ,. ,. Here I was about to violate our compact by repudiating the application of these puerilities to the Masons _ of the present day , when my mentor hastily moved one of his limbs forward , with an admonitory swagger , ancl cried out , " Hold ! the sound of the human voice will
speak not , answer not ; annihilate my colloquial powers ! I acquit you of any participation in these fabulous inventions . They were excusable a century ago , when the million could neither read nor write , and were obliged to take on credit every vague assertion of those who had the advantage of mental culture
andthere-; , fore , you need not wonder that in times when the fables of King Arthur and his Eaven , the Seven Champions , Mother Shipton , and the Predictions of Nostrodamus and the doublethumbed Miller , were implicitly credited , there" should be found many believers in the spurious legends of continental
Masonry . . . . " I have taken the liberty of digressing at this particular period , " continued the Square , " because I have nothing favourable to reveal respecting the transactions of our Lodge under an inefficient Master ; but when I passed to Bro . Hesletine , our numbers were soon recruited . It is true , Masonic
Masonic impostors ancl pretenders were numerous and active ; but our E . W . M . was ever on the alert , and knew all the vulnerable points of the enemy ' s position . Thus he was able , by a series of judicious and well-timed exposures of the iniquity of the one and the moral degradation of the other , to silence the and put the scoffers to shame . He
gainsayers , open made them feel that men who are willing to prostitute thentime and talent for the questionable purpose of gratifying a prurient curiosity , are open to the operation of public opinion , which , when rightly directed , is sure to cover them
with shame and confusion . " Bro . Hesletine was extremely anxious that the Oralt should enjoy the blessings of uniformity in discipline and work . And to contribute to the accomplishment of so desirable an end , he spared neither time nor expense ; and not only visited every London Lodge , but made excursions to the most distant parts of the island . Wherever he heard of a