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The Physician Of The Mind.
THE PHYSICIAN OF THE MIND .
Think not the body only hath disease : The mind knows sickness—hath distempers—fevers-Agues that shake it from its balance—e'en As life is shaken when the body suffers . MS . Pin ;/ . IN a far island of the lovel westthe last kissed bthe
y — y lingering rays of the setting sun—exists a brave and virtuous people , who in the midst of the last century were in one of those intellectual transitions which at various periods accompany the progress of the vast family of mankind . The grave and absurd dogmas by which the world had so lon g been governed were beginning to be exploded from among them . Keason , bursting the fetters in which ages of ignorance had bound her giant limbs , awoke from her deep slumber , and deposed Error from her ancient thronePrejudice
. was no longer permitted to jostle aside merit by the prerogative of a name ; and improvement , directed by experience and knowledge , walked through the land . This advance of the Human mind was materially aided by Zurubel , a younger son of the reigning monarch of the island . His powerful intellect grasped with Healthful vigour the many prejudices and fallacies which had so lon ° - passed current—subjected them to the stern analysis of ( ruth , and uoldJy proclaimed them worthless , after demonstrating the feeble elements of which thev were comnnsw ..
Long and worthily had Zurubel filled the Masonic throne . The urait rejoiced m possessing for their Grand Master a prince whose mind had burst the trammels of education—the prejudices of rank and whose character and attainments were even more exalted than his princely birth . The advantages of this connexion were mutual : for the moral support ofthe Order enabled their chief to bear the neglect of a court too much inclined to despotism to comprehend the philanthropy IS en ] ltened viewsthe frowns
f . ^ ; of his family , and the opposition of the nob es . The sceptre of Solomon invested its possessor with a dignity and power which even tyranny respected , and ignorance feared to assail , ay one of those anomalies which even the brightest characters present , and which are doubtless permitted by the Great Architect to instruct us that perfection is not of earth , Zurubel , whose energies nan been devoted to the amelioration of the social position of mankind was opposed to the least in the institutions
change of the Order No matter how advantageous the proposition—how pure the motive , or general the wish , it was either negatived by a side wind , or treated with IMS J P ^ wok more of the policy of a prince than the enlightened views of a philosopher . This mode of government grieved more than it dissatisfied . The recollection of long services , veneration and regardpalsied the voice of
, opposition ; or if its accents were permuted to he heard , they more resembled the respectful remonstrance of children to their parent , than the strong words of men who knew their privileges , and dated to use them . While the affairs of the Order were in this unsatisfactory state , a , 37 nt f ' ° ther ? T Ved fr ° m tlle east - H " S e far »<*«!« ' the usual lot ot man ; wisdom and experience sat enthroned upon his brow :
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The Physician Of The Mind.
THE PHYSICIAN OF THE MIND .
Think not the body only hath disease : The mind knows sickness—hath distempers—fevers-Agues that shake it from its balance—e'en As life is shaken when the body suffers . MS . Pin ;/ . IN a far island of the lovel westthe last kissed bthe
y — y lingering rays of the setting sun—exists a brave and virtuous people , who in the midst of the last century were in one of those intellectual transitions which at various periods accompany the progress of the vast family of mankind . The grave and absurd dogmas by which the world had so lon g been governed were beginning to be exploded from among them . Keason , bursting the fetters in which ages of ignorance had bound her giant limbs , awoke from her deep slumber , and deposed Error from her ancient thronePrejudice
. was no longer permitted to jostle aside merit by the prerogative of a name ; and improvement , directed by experience and knowledge , walked through the land . This advance of the Human mind was materially aided by Zurubel , a younger son of the reigning monarch of the island . His powerful intellect grasped with Healthful vigour the many prejudices and fallacies which had so lon ° - passed current—subjected them to the stern analysis of ( ruth , and uoldJy proclaimed them worthless , after demonstrating the feeble elements of which thev were comnnsw ..
Long and worthily had Zurubel filled the Masonic throne . The urait rejoiced m possessing for their Grand Master a prince whose mind had burst the trammels of education—the prejudices of rank and whose character and attainments were even more exalted than his princely birth . The advantages of this connexion were mutual : for the moral support ofthe Order enabled their chief to bear the neglect of a court too much inclined to despotism to comprehend the philanthropy IS en ] ltened viewsthe frowns
f . ^ ; of his family , and the opposition of the nob es . The sceptre of Solomon invested its possessor with a dignity and power which even tyranny respected , and ignorance feared to assail , ay one of those anomalies which even the brightest characters present , and which are doubtless permitted by the Great Architect to instruct us that perfection is not of earth , Zurubel , whose energies nan been devoted to the amelioration of the social position of mankind was opposed to the least in the institutions
change of the Order No matter how advantageous the proposition—how pure the motive , or general the wish , it was either negatived by a side wind , or treated with IMS J P ^ wok more of the policy of a prince than the enlightened views of a philosopher . This mode of government grieved more than it dissatisfied . The recollection of long services , veneration and regardpalsied the voice of
, opposition ; or if its accents were permuted to he heard , they more resembled the respectful remonstrance of children to their parent , than the strong words of men who knew their privileges , and dated to use them . While the affairs of the Order were in this unsatisfactory state , a , 37 nt f ' ° ther ? T Ved fr ° m tlle east - H " S e far »<*«!« ' the usual lot ot man ; wisdom and experience sat enthroned upon his brow :