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Article THE FEEEMASONS' QUARTERLY MAGAZINE. ← Page 4 of 12 →
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The Feeemasons' Quarterly Magazine.
forth ; ancl to all apjiearance this literary Lodge was about to be finally closed . The editor , even in this dilemma , did not give up all hope . He had still a strong conviction that " the end was not yet ; " and although he saw nothing but" breakers ahead , " he felt persuaded the vessel would right herself ,
though she was shattered , and to all appearance stranded ; and he still trusted that better fortune would be accorded , and that " his occupation was not" yet altogether " gone . " He was not disappointed . Other proprietors were found , who , long devoted to the principles of Freemasonry , and having passed through its
various Grades ivith the greatest credit to themselves , added this one further honour to those already attained—a fixed resolution that the organ of the Craft should not die for lack of another effort to reinstate it in fraternal favour , ancl to make it also more worthy of reception in literary , no less than in purely Masonic circles .
With the new arrangements a most vital principle was infused—that money should be spent for the purpose of obtaining the assistance of literary talent , and further efforts made to induce the Fraternity at large to patronize the undertaking . The result of one year ' s experience has shown , that large as are the numbers of Brethren who are ranged under the banners of
Freemasonry , even the existence of the publication itself is comparatively unknown—a circumstance clearly arising from the inability of the former proprietors to extend its circulation through the provinces . A year's experience , however , has decisively shown that a soil which had been so long fallow ,
may easily be tilled ; and therefore arrangements have been entered into with the present publisher , Bro . George Routledge , whose business capabilities , and unwearied zeal in the cause of literature , are too well known and appreciated to render any further allusion to him necessary . With a new publisher an
improved plan of operation was at once laid down—only to employ the best talent which the literary world could supply , to extend the compass of the periodical to the usual size of other long established Quarterlies , and yet to reduce the juice from 3 s . to 2 s . 6 d . per number , in conformity with the growing spirit
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The Feeemasons' Quarterly Magazine.
forth ; ancl to all apjiearance this literary Lodge was about to be finally closed . The editor , even in this dilemma , did not give up all hope . He had still a strong conviction that " the end was not yet ; " and although he saw nothing but" breakers ahead , " he felt persuaded the vessel would right herself ,
though she was shattered , and to all appearance stranded ; and he still trusted that better fortune would be accorded , and that " his occupation was not" yet altogether " gone . " He was not disappointed . Other proprietors were found , who , long devoted to the principles of Freemasonry , and having passed through its
various Grades ivith the greatest credit to themselves , added this one further honour to those already attained—a fixed resolution that the organ of the Craft should not die for lack of another effort to reinstate it in fraternal favour , ancl to make it also more worthy of reception in literary , no less than in purely Masonic circles .
With the new arrangements a most vital principle was infused—that money should be spent for the purpose of obtaining the assistance of literary talent , and further efforts made to induce the Fraternity at large to patronize the undertaking . The result of one year ' s experience has shown , that large as are the numbers of Brethren who are ranged under the banners of
Freemasonry , even the existence of the publication itself is comparatively unknown—a circumstance clearly arising from the inability of the former proprietors to extend its circulation through the provinces . A year's experience , however , has decisively shown that a soil which had been so long fallow ,
may easily be tilled ; and therefore arrangements have been entered into with the present publisher , Bro . George Routledge , whose business capabilities , and unwearied zeal in the cause of literature , are too well known and appreciated to render any further allusion to him necessary . With a new publisher an
improved plan of operation was at once laid down—only to employ the best talent which the literary world could supply , to extend the compass of the periodical to the usual size of other long established Quarterlies , and yet to reduce the juice from 3 s . to 2 s . 6 d . per number , in conformity with the growing spirit