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Masonic Didactics; Or, Short Moral Essays Of Universal Adaptation.
MASONIC DIDACTICS ; OR , SHORT MORAL ESSAYS OF UNIVERSAL ADAPTATION .
BV BUOTHER a . II . SLADE , LLB . " Masonry is a peculiar system of morals . ' ' No . XXXIX—THE DREAD OF AVAR MORE APPALLING THAN ITS ACTUAL PRESENCE .
Fejor est bel . o timor ipse belli . —SENUCA . W-TTIN . u ° Tf P " ° med to scenes of sanguinary warfare , the battle-field—the blazmg-wide-mouthed cannon—the glittering bayonet -the mangled corpse-the deadl y breach , or the besieged city wrapt in flames are often more poignantl y touched with tlie idea and description ^ nfli I I ™? al ] the aCtUal Pa' -ticipatorsin , and eye-witnesses of the War
, - _ . rim / w rt \ n ? ' * H tyrrat force of habit OTer * e human ZW ^ P . ^? vl T T- UleS ° J , ass ^ "beetled as the ordinary occunences of life to those engaged , or in any way connected with its lsfr % S - 9 Uen . ? V " t ^ se residing at a distance pourtray its effects to then- minds with all the colouring of a timid fancy , and expenence a more pitiful dread , than those to whom such dangers are
-it „ , . ? S ? ^ peaceful sea-girt isle , have for some centuries wound ^ l U 1 S eXt f mmatln S ™™ Se onl y by name , and the cries of tbe wounded the lamentations of the dying , the shrieks of the captured , of wL I " M' f f ' ti , ! e , 'y' the ro 11 of the d ™ > and & e crash ? h ™ hi battlements and towers , have never pierced their ears but fZl *\ medmn \ ° f the J" ™ P resS - But that o ™^ « f ™ ode ™ V 1 Vl I ? a * e ? C its tle = criPtion of " the accidents of
& . TPn Vf Wh" If ! ' , the h , V :- breaflth ' scal > es of the irami » ent deadly S n C f ° ^ "eve [ have delineated so forcibly , nor touched the heartstrings of humanity so delectabl y , unless the timid fears of tlie imagination had been called up to aid in conceiving the horrors of I ? ? owehps 1 Since intestine 1 ) rois and the
civil w ^ r . ! 1 ., ? , cmse ° f v il 'lV l , eS ° ] ated the broad-la « 's of merry England . And may God T ""VV ^ such calamities from our hearth s and homes ! ilic din of the " heart-stirring drum , and ear-piercing fife" is heard only among us on occasions of military parade and spectacle It is TentT ^ t 7 l r ° , "~* ° f war , " without be ^ g prese . it at the onslaught and , perhaps , to a country which has enioyed for the biasings of
many years peace , the fear itself of war maybe more appalling than its actual presence . y The seat of war , wherever its murderous operations are carried on , a ^ nilT 1 ?^ hib 1 ' SU < Ife . S most ' acute-distress th mos 3 ru f t ° P ' } 1 t 0 beh 0 kL The P ride of oonquest and the glory of victory , are purchased at the price of shedding man ' s
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
Masonic Didactics; Or, Short Moral Essays Of Universal Adaptation.
MASONIC DIDACTICS ; OR , SHORT MORAL ESSAYS OF UNIVERSAL ADAPTATION .
BV BUOTHER a . II . SLADE , LLB . " Masonry is a peculiar system of morals . ' ' No . XXXIX—THE DREAD OF AVAR MORE APPALLING THAN ITS ACTUAL PRESENCE .
Fejor est bel . o timor ipse belli . —SENUCA . W-TTIN . u ° Tf P " ° med to scenes of sanguinary warfare , the battle-field—the blazmg-wide-mouthed cannon—the glittering bayonet -the mangled corpse-the deadl y breach , or the besieged city wrapt in flames are often more poignantl y touched with tlie idea and description ^ nfli I I ™? al ] the aCtUal Pa' -ticipatorsin , and eye-witnesses of the War
, - _ . rim / w rt \ n ? ' * H tyrrat force of habit OTer * e human ZW ^ P . ^? vl T T- UleS ° J , ass ^ "beetled as the ordinary occunences of life to those engaged , or in any way connected with its lsfr % S - 9 Uen . ? V " t ^ se residing at a distance pourtray its effects to then- minds with all the colouring of a timid fancy , and expenence a more pitiful dread , than those to whom such dangers are
-it „ , . ? S ? ^ peaceful sea-girt isle , have for some centuries wound ^ l U 1 S eXt f mmatln S ™™ Se onl y by name , and the cries of tbe wounded the lamentations of the dying , the shrieks of the captured , of wL I " M' f f ' ti , ! e , 'y' the ro 11 of the d ™ > and & e crash ? h ™ hi battlements and towers , have never pierced their ears but fZl *\ medmn \ ° f the J" ™ P resS - But that o ™^ « f ™ ode ™ V 1 Vl I ? a * e ? C its tle = criPtion of " the accidents of
& . TPn Vf Wh" If ! ' , the h , V :- breaflth ' scal > es of the irami » ent deadly S n C f ° ^ "eve [ have delineated so forcibly , nor touched the heartstrings of humanity so delectabl y , unless the timid fears of tlie imagination had been called up to aid in conceiving the horrors of I ? ? owehps 1 Since intestine 1 ) rois and the
civil w ^ r . ! 1 ., ? , cmse ° f v il 'lV l , eS ° ] ated the broad-la « 's of merry England . And may God T ""VV ^ such calamities from our hearth s and homes ! ilic din of the " heart-stirring drum , and ear-piercing fife" is heard only among us on occasions of military parade and spectacle It is TentT ^ t 7 l r ° , "~* ° f war , " without be ^ g prese . it at the onslaught and , perhaps , to a country which has enioyed for the biasings of
many years peace , the fear itself of war maybe more appalling than its actual presence . y The seat of war , wherever its murderous operations are carried on , a ^ nilT 1 ?^ hib 1 ' SU < Ife . S most ' acute-distress th mos 3 ru f t ° P ' } 1 t 0 beh 0 kL The P ride of oonquest and the glory of victory , are purchased at the price of shedding man ' s