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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 8 of 8
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
by common minds , but he was so because his mind was always engaged in an intensity of thought of which a common mind has no conception . In Lythgoe there was an excellency of intention and
motive , which tended to give a delicacy to many of his qualifications ; no one knew better how to confer a favour , by making it appear that he was himself the obliged party , —this is the very benevolence of nature , in fact , its nobility .
In Rippon , dear good old man , were associated so many excellencies , that , had he been of exalted rank , they would have stood forth prominent among the most estimable of characters ; manly and intellectual—generous to the full extent of his limited means—talented , and in Masonry wise
—respected by all—and contented in his humble station . Some there are who , not being Masons , have questioned the propriety of the public funeral , where the hearts of hundreds poured forth sorrow—let us answer them—they
knew not the man . All these Masonic worthies have burst the corporeal tie which limited their existence to earth , and now know the grand secret of the soul !
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
by common minds , but he was so because his mind was always engaged in an intensity of thought of which a common mind has no conception . In Lythgoe there was an excellency of intention and
motive , which tended to give a delicacy to many of his qualifications ; no one knew better how to confer a favour , by making it appear that he was himself the obliged party , —this is the very benevolence of nature , in fact , its nobility .
In Rippon , dear good old man , were associated so many excellencies , that , had he been of exalted rank , they would have stood forth prominent among the most estimable of characters ; manly and intellectual—generous to the full extent of his limited means—talented , and in Masonry wise
—respected by all—and contented in his humble station . Some there are who , not being Masons , have questioned the propriety of the public funeral , where the hearts of hundreds poured forth sorrow—let us answer them—they
knew not the man . All these Masonic worthies have burst the corporeal tie which limited their existence to earth , and now know the grand secret of the soul !