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Article THE FREEMASONS' QUARTERLY REVIEW. ← Page 7 of 9 →
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
entered on the minutes of such Lodge ; and that he shall , immediately after such meeting , report to the Grand Secretary the compliance with this resolution . " Had the affair been one of honourable explanation , we should have been happy to have met it ; but , as the result of
a private arrangement , we , at the time , treated it with indifference ; and the Craft is pretty much of the same opinion , for the Review has not only maintained its high reputation , but heralds its decennial volume as the first of a new series . * We may be pardoned if we gentl y hint to those with short
memories in high p laces , that , during the publication by the profane , or popular press , of certain papers , by a " Provincial Deputy Grand Master— Bazaleel , " and various other writers —we carefully abstained from any remarks ; and , the times considered , this was a forbearance that mig ht have been
imitated with advantage . Yet , when all this out-of-door recrimination—caused solely b y an act of indiscretion , at the least—had ceased , we were visited with the punishment that power could not inflict on others . Did we wince ? —No . Did we visit public delinquency with severity?—On
the contrary , our forbearance saved the order much difficulty , and enabled the Executive to make gradual arrangements whereb y confidence was restored . In fact , we do not hesitate to affirm , that , in contrast with what the Executive condescends to publish , and what we publish without any
condescension , that is the essential difference ; we disdain the " suppressio veri , " except when it may affect private character . We thus act in the reverse from those who publish such facts as may affect private character , when the individuals may have rendered themselves obnoxious to irresponsible power , and thus act contrary to Masonic princi p les . These remarks will evidence that we are prepared to main-
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The Freemasons' Quarterly Review.
entered on the minutes of such Lodge ; and that he shall , immediately after such meeting , report to the Grand Secretary the compliance with this resolution . " Had the affair been one of honourable explanation , we should have been happy to have met it ; but , as the result of
a private arrangement , we , at the time , treated it with indifference ; and the Craft is pretty much of the same opinion , for the Review has not only maintained its high reputation , but heralds its decennial volume as the first of a new series . * We may be pardoned if we gentl y hint to those with short
memories in high p laces , that , during the publication by the profane , or popular press , of certain papers , by a " Provincial Deputy Grand Master— Bazaleel , " and various other writers —we carefully abstained from any remarks ; and , the times considered , this was a forbearance that mig ht have been
imitated with advantage . Yet , when all this out-of-door recrimination—caused solely b y an act of indiscretion , at the least—had ceased , we were visited with the punishment that power could not inflict on others . Did we wince ? —No . Did we visit public delinquency with severity?—On
the contrary , our forbearance saved the order much difficulty , and enabled the Executive to make gradual arrangements whereb y confidence was restored . In fact , we do not hesitate to affirm , that , in contrast with what the Executive condescends to publish , and what we publish without any
condescension , that is the essential difference ; we disdain the " suppressio veri , " except when it may affect private character . We thus act in the reverse from those who publish such facts as may affect private character , when the individuals may have rendered themselves obnoxious to irresponsible power , and thus act contrary to Masonic princi p les . These remarks will evidence that we are prepared to main-