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Remarks On Henry O'Brien's Essay On The Round Towers Of Ireland.
of the Ark , ! "Qi "" l , were especially practised . In those mysteries , by the entombment of Noah , under whatever name described , and his restoration to the world , the doctrine of a future resurrection was shadowed out to the aspirant ; nor do I entertain any doubt , that although peculiar circumstances of deep interest caused other ceremonies to be engrafted upon the degrees of symbolic Masonry , the elevation of the candidate in that degree may be traced to a similar origin . On this subject I may
perhaps address you at some future time . I will now proceed to remark , that " the coincidence of measure between the great Egyptian pyramid at its base and the Noachie ark" ( O'Brien , p . 267 ) , may be accounted for by supposing the measure of the pyramid to have ' been taken from the ark ; but cannot be accounted for by supposing the ark never to have existed at all . With regard to the question of chronology , p . 269 , and the difficulty of supposing a populous kingdom in Egypt and in other countries , in the time of Abraham , I would observe .
that although some difficulty may attend this subject , if we reckon according to the Hebrew , or rather Hebrao-Chaldaic , copies of the Pentateuch , whicli make Abraham to have visited Egypt about 350 years after the flood , yet even this difficulty is not insuperable , as may be seen b y consulting Stillingfleet , Origines Sacra ; , b . iii . ch . iv . § 9 . But , on the other hand , if the Samaritan copies , made before the separation of Israel and Judah , and the translation of the LXX , made during or soon after
the Captivity , be followed , as Dr . Hales in bis Chronology has proved ought to be done , an interval of above 1000 years will appear between the flood and Abraham ' s visit to Egypt , and above 400 betiveen the flood and the building of the Tower of Babel . I feel I have trespassed to an unreasonable extent upon your patience , and shall therefore conclude for the present , but will continue my remarks on another point iu Mr . O'Brien ' s book , if agreeable to you , in another Number . I beg you to believe me yours faithfully , NOACHIDA DAIJRUADICUS .
There are many at this time who believe that the only way in which , they can come at the knowledge of a theory is by destroying it , or taking it to pieces . This is exactly what children do with their playthings . — HuFELANJ } . FLATTERY . — " Nothing is so great an instance of ill-manners as flattery . If you flatter all the company , you please none ; if you fiatter only one or two , you affront the rest . "
EDUCATION . — " A better safeguard for liberty than a standing army . If we do not increase the wages of the schoolmaster , we must very soon raise those of "lie recruiting serjeant , "
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Remarks On Henry O'Brien's Essay On The Round Towers Of Ireland.
of the Ark , ! "Qi "" l , were especially practised . In those mysteries , by the entombment of Noah , under whatever name described , and his restoration to the world , the doctrine of a future resurrection was shadowed out to the aspirant ; nor do I entertain any doubt , that although peculiar circumstances of deep interest caused other ceremonies to be engrafted upon the degrees of symbolic Masonry , the elevation of the candidate in that degree may be traced to a similar origin . On this subject I may
perhaps address you at some future time . I will now proceed to remark , that " the coincidence of measure between the great Egyptian pyramid at its base and the Noachie ark" ( O'Brien , p . 267 ) , may be accounted for by supposing the measure of the pyramid to have ' been taken from the ark ; but cannot be accounted for by supposing the ark never to have existed at all . With regard to the question of chronology , p . 269 , and the difficulty of supposing a populous kingdom in Egypt and in other countries , in the time of Abraham , I would observe .
that although some difficulty may attend this subject , if we reckon according to the Hebrew , or rather Hebrao-Chaldaic , copies of the Pentateuch , whicli make Abraham to have visited Egypt about 350 years after the flood , yet even this difficulty is not insuperable , as may be seen b y consulting Stillingfleet , Origines Sacra ; , b . iii . ch . iv . § 9 . But , on the other hand , if the Samaritan copies , made before the separation of Israel and Judah , and the translation of the LXX , made during or soon after
the Captivity , be followed , as Dr . Hales in bis Chronology has proved ought to be done , an interval of above 1000 years will appear between the flood and Abraham ' s visit to Egypt , and above 400 betiveen the flood and the building of the Tower of Babel . I feel I have trespassed to an unreasonable extent upon your patience , and shall therefore conclude for the present , but will continue my remarks on another point iu Mr . O'Brien ' s book , if agreeable to you , in another Number . I beg you to believe me yours faithfully , NOACHIDA DAIJRUADICUS .
There are many at this time who believe that the only way in which , they can come at the knowledge of a theory is by destroying it , or taking it to pieces . This is exactly what children do with their playthings . — HuFELANJ } . FLATTERY . — " Nothing is so great an instance of ill-manners as flattery . If you flatter all the company , you please none ; if you fiatter only one or two , you affront the rest . "
EDUCATION . — " A better safeguard for liberty than a standing army . If we do not increase the wages of the schoolmaster , we must very soon raise those of "lie recruiting serjeant , "