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Page 253
... present were an inquiry in a court of justice , the evidence which limits Cabot to 56 ° would be at once rejected as incompetent . The alleged com- munication from him is exposed in its transmission , not only to all the chances of ...
... present were an inquiry in a court of justice , the evidence which limits Cabot to 56 ° would be at once rejected as incompetent . The alleged com- munication from him is exposed in its transmission , not only to all the chances of ...
Page 255
... present to us - any lingering belief in the existence of Grand Lodges during the seventeenth century can remain in the mind , is a mystery which I can only attempt to solve by making use of a comparison . Writing in 1633 , Sir Thomas ...
... present to us - any lingering belief in the existence of Grand Lodges during the seventeenth century can remain in the mind , is a mystery which I can only attempt to solve by making use of a comparison . Writing in 1633 , Sir Thomas ...
Page 257
... present . It may be outlined in a few words , though by no means the least important portion of this chapter , which the study and inclination of the reader will enable him to fill up . It is believed that changes of an essential nature ...
... present . It may be outlined in a few words , though by no means the least important portion of this chapter , which the study and inclination of the reader will enable him to fill up . It is believed that changes of an essential nature ...
Page 258
... presents itself at the outset , and it is — the minutes of all Scottish Lodges of the seventeenth century , which are ... present the question , whether the two systems were in substance the same , or whether England borrowed her's from ...
... presents itself at the outset , and it is — the minutes of all Scottish Lodges of the seventeenth century , which are ... present the question , whether the two systems were in substance the same , or whether England borrowed her's from ...
Page 259
... present state of knowledge , much of the early history of the Society must remain under a veil of obscurity , and whilst there is no portion of our annals which possesses greater interest for the student than that intervening between ...
... present state of knowledge , much of the early history of the Society must remain under a veil of obscurity , and whilst there is no portion of our annals which possesses greater interest for the student than that intervening between ...
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Page 356 - Master by those that work under him. The Craftsmen are to avoid all ill language, and to call each other by no disobliging name, but Brother or Fellow, and to behave themselves courteously within and without the Lodge. The Master, knowing himself to be able of cunning, shall undertake the Lord's...
Page 251 - Oportet discentem credere, yet it must be coupled with this, Oportet edoctum judicare; for disciples do owe unto masters only a temporary belief and a suspension of their own judgment until they be fully instructed, and not an absolute resignation or perpetual captivity...
Page 480 - An act for the more effectual suppression of societies established for seditious and treasonable purposes, and for better preventing treasonable and seditious practices; so far as respects certain penalties on printers and publishers.
Page 398 - As for what belongs to the members themselves that are to constitute the society, it is to be noted, that they have freely admitted men of different religions, countries, and professions of life. This they were obliged to do, or else they would come far short of the largeness of their own declarations. For they openly profess, not to lay the foundation of an English, Scotch, Irish, Popish, or Protestant philosophy, but a philosophy of mankind...
Page 380 - Lodge repealed the article, and decreed that the Master of a Lodge, with his Wardens and a competent number of the Lodge assembled in due form, can make Masters and Fellows at discretion.
Page 279 - And desired any Brethren to bring to the Grand Lodge any old Writings and Records concerning Masons and Masonry, in order to show the Usages of antient Times ; and this year several old Copies of the Gothic Constitutions were produced and collated.
Page 369 - Thou comest to me with a sword, and with a spear, and with a shield; but I come to thee in the name of the Lord of hosts, the God of the armies of Israel, whom thou hast defied.
Page 336 - Books are faithful repositories, which may be a while neglected or forgotten ; but when they are opened again, will again impart their instruction : memory, once interrupted, is not to be recalled. Written learning is a fixed luminary, which, after the cloud that had hidden it has past away, is again bright in its proper station. Tradition is but a meteor, which, if once it falls, cannot be rekindled.
Page 252 - To tax any one, therefore, with want of reverence, because he pays no respect to what we venerate, is either irrelevant, or is a mere confusion. The fact, so far as it is true, is no reproach, but an honour ; because to reverence all persons and all things is absolutely wrong : reverence shown to that which does not deserve it, is no virtue, no, nor even an amiable weakness, but a plain folly and sin. But if it be meant that he is wanting in proper reverence, not respecting what...
Page 331 - Every new Brother at his making is decently to cloath the Lodge...