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On Freemasonry,
ON FREEMASONRY ,
AS REGARDS ITS UNBOUNDED INFLUENCE ON THE MORAL AND SOCIAL CONDITION OF MAN . BY THE EEV . GEORGE OLIVER , D . D . EDLTORIAL PRECOGNITION .
" Cave lie tituVjes . " —PERSIUS . "Those dayes are nowe changed ; the skill of logicians is exercised in caveling ; the cunning of fencers applied to quareling ; they think themselves no schollers if they be lint able to find out a knotte ill every rushe ; these no men , if for stirring of a strawe they prove not their nature uppon some bodies fleshe . Every Duns will be a carper , every Diuke Swashc a common cutter . " —Tun SCHOOLE OF ABUSE .
" Nessum la muova Que star non possa con Orlando it prova . " —ARIOSTO . " He ' s in his fit now and does not ( alk after the wisest . He shall taste of my bottle ; if he have never drunk afore , it will go near to remove his fit ; if I can recover him , and keep him tame , I will not take too much for him ; he shall pay for him that hath him , and that soundly . " —SHAKESFERB . " And what by this do you mean ? And what by this do you mean ? I do not know , But as we go , We'll drink a health to the queen . " —OLIVER YORK . " What is Truth ? " —POXTIUS PILATE .
Scene . —The Editor ' s Room . " James , be kind enough to reach me that box of magnum pens . These trashy things miss fire every other stroke , and are not worth a rush . We are in baste to write an introduction to the Doctor's paper for our September number . " This was addressed to an ancient friend , or rather protogee of ours ; an experienced Mason of long standing , who has been reduced by unavoidable
misfortunes to place himself under our wing . In truth , James is an excellent fellow , though he has his little foibles ; but even they " lean to virtue ' s side . " He is a privileged person , speaks his mind freely , and we are fain to confess that we Lave often profitted by his suggestions . On the present occasion , he handed over the box with such a knowing look of intelligence that we were quite certain he had something particular to say ; and therefore , laying aside our pen , we disposed ourselves to listen . " Excuse me , sir , " ssiid James , "hut if you can spare a few moments , I should like to have the benefit of your opinion on a subject which is floating on the surface of my mind , and I cannot , for the life of me , make either head or tail of it . "
" Well , James , if our humble opinion will be of any service to you , it shall not be witheld . " " Thank you , sir . What I want to ask you is , that if a man should advertise himself as a public lecturer on astronomy , geology , or any other science , without having read a single author who had written on the subject , what should you think of him ?" " Why , we should think bim either an idiot or a madman . " "Well , I have some such ideas myself . But , sir , this is not all . If it should so happen that a professor of divinity iu one of ouv universities should tell his hearers that he had never studied the subject further than a VOL . vi , K ic
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On Freemasonry,
ON FREEMASONRY ,
AS REGARDS ITS UNBOUNDED INFLUENCE ON THE MORAL AND SOCIAL CONDITION OF MAN . BY THE EEV . GEORGE OLIVER , D . D . EDLTORIAL PRECOGNITION .
" Cave lie tituVjes . " —PERSIUS . "Those dayes are nowe changed ; the skill of logicians is exercised in caveling ; the cunning of fencers applied to quareling ; they think themselves no schollers if they be lint able to find out a knotte ill every rushe ; these no men , if for stirring of a strawe they prove not their nature uppon some bodies fleshe . Every Duns will be a carper , every Diuke Swashc a common cutter . " —Tun SCHOOLE OF ABUSE .
" Nessum la muova Que star non possa con Orlando it prova . " —ARIOSTO . " He ' s in his fit now and does not ( alk after the wisest . He shall taste of my bottle ; if he have never drunk afore , it will go near to remove his fit ; if I can recover him , and keep him tame , I will not take too much for him ; he shall pay for him that hath him , and that soundly . " —SHAKESFERB . " And what by this do you mean ? And what by this do you mean ? I do not know , But as we go , We'll drink a health to the queen . " —OLIVER YORK . " What is Truth ? " —POXTIUS PILATE .
Scene . —The Editor ' s Room . " James , be kind enough to reach me that box of magnum pens . These trashy things miss fire every other stroke , and are not worth a rush . We are in baste to write an introduction to the Doctor's paper for our September number . " This was addressed to an ancient friend , or rather protogee of ours ; an experienced Mason of long standing , who has been reduced by unavoidable
misfortunes to place himself under our wing . In truth , James is an excellent fellow , though he has his little foibles ; but even they " lean to virtue ' s side . " He is a privileged person , speaks his mind freely , and we are fain to confess that we Lave often profitted by his suggestions . On the present occasion , he handed over the box with such a knowing look of intelligence that we were quite certain he had something particular to say ; and therefore , laying aside our pen , we disposed ourselves to listen . " Excuse me , sir , " ssiid James , "hut if you can spare a few moments , I should like to have the benefit of your opinion on a subject which is floating on the surface of my mind , and I cannot , for the life of me , make either head or tail of it . "
" Well , James , if our humble opinion will be of any service to you , it shall not be witheld . " " Thank you , sir . What I want to ask you is , that if a man should advertise himself as a public lecturer on astronomy , geology , or any other science , without having read a single author who had written on the subject , what should you think of him ?" " Why , we should think bim either an idiot or a madman . " "Well , I have some such ideas myself . But , sir , this is not all . If it should so happen that a professor of divinity iu one of ouv universities should tell his hearers that he had never studied the subject further than a VOL . vi , K ic