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On Freemasonry.
Poetry is not only universal in its philosophy , but national in its action ; thus the Hebrews had their " Shir ha Mosheh , " the Greeks their " Ilias , " the Hindoos their " Mahabarat , " the Romans their " iEneis , " the Norweg ians their " Edda , " the Irish and Scotch their " Fingal , " the Italians their " Gerusalemme Liberata" the Portuguese
, their " Lusiad , " the English their " Paradise Lost , " and the French have ( etsi non passions cequis ) their " Henriade . " Thus we pgrceive that the poets of all countries have recorded the extraordinary displays of Providence , courage , strength , fidelity , heroism , ancl piety , in connexion with the foundation of their empires , the exploits of their
fathers , or the establishment of their reli g ion . Is it then possible that the followers of a science comprehending all others in its essence could have been ignorant of poetry as an art , or insensible of its value to history ? No , the polished Mason , elevated to an intellectual superiority by the contemplation of the vast harmonies of creation , traces the same perfection in a planet or a flower ; his senses are refined to an acuteness of perception ; he
walks in li g ht , and thinks in music . Infected with the vices , and prone to the idolatries of the Egyptians , it was necessary that the children of Israel should prepare themselves by penance in the wilderness , and submission to the Great Architect of all , ere they took possession of the promised land , under the command of
their Grancl Master the prophet Moses . They departed from the borders of the Red Sea , ancl encamped in the wilderness of Sin , between Elim and Sinai , so called , Mr . Ainsworth supposes , from a city of E gypt that lay near unto it . Here the Jews manifested that impatience which so frequently characterized them as a nation ; their lon g captivity had debased their intellectual character ; their privations in the desert rendered them insensible of the
blessing of their deliverance , ancl in the corruption of thennature they murmured for the flesh pots of their task masters . How was their impiety rewarded ? with the punishment due to its presumption ? No ! his mercy and forbearance , boundless as his power , spread the earth with manna as with dewand at morningdriven bHis breath
, , y , the exhausted quails lay scattered round their tents , serving them for food . Many commentators have disputed the nature of the food supplied to the Israelites in the wilderness , presuming
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On Freemasonry.
Poetry is not only universal in its philosophy , but national in its action ; thus the Hebrews had their " Shir ha Mosheh , " the Greeks their " Ilias , " the Hindoos their " Mahabarat , " the Romans their " iEneis , " the Norweg ians their " Edda , " the Irish and Scotch their " Fingal , " the Italians their " Gerusalemme Liberata" the Portuguese
, their " Lusiad , " the English their " Paradise Lost , " and the French have ( etsi non passions cequis ) their " Henriade . " Thus we pgrceive that the poets of all countries have recorded the extraordinary displays of Providence , courage , strength , fidelity , heroism , ancl piety , in connexion with the foundation of their empires , the exploits of their
fathers , or the establishment of their reli g ion . Is it then possible that the followers of a science comprehending all others in its essence could have been ignorant of poetry as an art , or insensible of its value to history ? No , the polished Mason , elevated to an intellectual superiority by the contemplation of the vast harmonies of creation , traces the same perfection in a planet or a flower ; his senses are refined to an acuteness of perception ; he
walks in li g ht , and thinks in music . Infected with the vices , and prone to the idolatries of the Egyptians , it was necessary that the children of Israel should prepare themselves by penance in the wilderness , and submission to the Great Architect of all , ere they took possession of the promised land , under the command of
their Grancl Master the prophet Moses . They departed from the borders of the Red Sea , ancl encamped in the wilderness of Sin , between Elim and Sinai , so called , Mr . Ainsworth supposes , from a city of E gypt that lay near unto it . Here the Jews manifested that impatience which so frequently characterized them as a nation ; their lon g captivity had debased their intellectual character ; their privations in the desert rendered them insensible of the
blessing of their deliverance , ancl in the corruption of thennature they murmured for the flesh pots of their task masters . How was their impiety rewarded ? with the punishment due to its presumption ? No ! his mercy and forbearance , boundless as his power , spread the earth with manna as with dewand at morningdriven bHis breath
, , y , the exhausted quails lay scattered round their tents , serving them for food . Many commentators have disputed the nature of the food supplied to the Israelites in the wilderness , presuming