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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 6 of 8 →
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
well known , that his Royal Highness intended to address the Grand Lodge on the subject ; when , with his wonted clearness , he would have given an opinion with frankness and sincerity—while to have urged the question at the moment would have shown haste , but would not have displayed
either respect , or kindness , or discretion . For obvious reasons , we have thus far avoided allusion to private matters , having only to deal with what actuall y occurred in Grand Lodge . Some few are of opinion that the delay will be dangerous :
as a general maxim this may apply , but not so in the present case . In deferential silence , there is no meanness , no forfeiture of position or princi ple ; on the contrary , both are preserved , and in an attitude more effectively shown because under a most trying moment . Let us supply a just motto : —
" Cunctando restituit rem . " And although , far be it from our own wishes that delay should continue until it become dangerous , yet we hesitate not to affirm , that any other course than that taken at the
Grand Lodge might have ultimately proved fatal to the Asylum , if not dangerous to the true interests of our Order . One among us there is , however , who has been in consequence placed , undeservedly , in a position of difficulty and doubt ; he has been considered as having been pressed
forward indiscreetly and unadvisedly in the cause of the Asylum , while some , who look only at the surface , fear that he has compromised their interests by this delay . He must bear with his anomalous position for a time ; and he will probably keep in mind the following sentence from De
Foe : — " But if he regards truth , let him expect martyrdom on both sides , and then he may go on fearless . " At any rate , he was empowered to act discretionally . He bore in
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
well known , that his Royal Highness intended to address the Grand Lodge on the subject ; when , with his wonted clearness , he would have given an opinion with frankness and sincerity—while to have urged the question at the moment would have shown haste , but would not have displayed
either respect , or kindness , or discretion . For obvious reasons , we have thus far avoided allusion to private matters , having only to deal with what actuall y occurred in Grand Lodge . Some few are of opinion that the delay will be dangerous :
as a general maxim this may apply , but not so in the present case . In deferential silence , there is no meanness , no forfeiture of position or princi ple ; on the contrary , both are preserved , and in an attitude more effectively shown because under a most trying moment . Let us supply a just motto : —
" Cunctando restituit rem . " And although , far be it from our own wishes that delay should continue until it become dangerous , yet we hesitate not to affirm , that any other course than that taken at the
Grand Lodge might have ultimately proved fatal to the Asylum , if not dangerous to the true interests of our Order . One among us there is , however , who has been in consequence placed , undeservedly , in a position of difficulty and doubt ; he has been considered as having been pressed
forward indiscreetly and unadvisedly in the cause of the Asylum , while some , who look only at the surface , fear that he has compromised their interests by this delay . He must bear with his anomalous position for a time ; and he will probably keep in mind the following sentence from De
Foe : — " But if he regards truth , let him expect martyrdom on both sides , and then he may go on fearless . " At any rate , he was empowered to act discretionally . He bore in