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A Diplomatist's Memory.
A DIPLOMATIST'S MEMORY .
BY THE AUTHOR OP " STRAY LEAVES FROM A FREEMASONS' NOTE BOOK . " It would not be easy to sum up the amount of misery that has arisen from pledges lightly made and recklessly
broken . There are feAv men , however smoothly the current of life may have run , who cannot recal hours of torturing disappointment caused by violated faith and repudiated promises ; and the blow has fallen heavier if inflicted by those in whose honour the betrayed party has reposed unlimited confidence .
Masonry teaches its followers a contrary course . FIDELITY is a term which not only rises frequently to the lip of a real Mason , but has a vital influence on his practice . Desirous of observing life-long fidelity to the Great Ruler above , he is particularly careful that "fidelity" should characterize all his dealings with his fellow men . A broken , falsified , forgotten promise the true Mason abhors .
Would that the world AVithout were similarly tenacious ! Instances like the following would then " have no place upon the record . " An active magistrate , whose services had been long and beneficially exerted in his district , died , after a severe illness , leaving a widow and large family in almost indigent
circumstances . One of the county members—no stranger to the energy and worth of the deceased—volunteered to represent his past services , and the destitution of his famil y to Lord S , then Home Secretary , and to beg his Lordship's early and favourable intervention in their behalf . The application was made in person . Lord S
received Sir Charles with great courtesy ; said the name of Mr . M . was not unknown to him , but as his attention ivas that day particularly claimed by matters connected with the public service , he must request that Sir Charles would reduce his statement to writing ; forward it to Richmond Park , and particularize in his letter what he wished to be clone for the family ; whether the considera-
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A Diplomatist's Memory.
A DIPLOMATIST'S MEMORY .
BY THE AUTHOR OP " STRAY LEAVES FROM A FREEMASONS' NOTE BOOK . " It would not be easy to sum up the amount of misery that has arisen from pledges lightly made and recklessly
broken . There are feAv men , however smoothly the current of life may have run , who cannot recal hours of torturing disappointment caused by violated faith and repudiated promises ; and the blow has fallen heavier if inflicted by those in whose honour the betrayed party has reposed unlimited confidence .
Masonry teaches its followers a contrary course . FIDELITY is a term which not only rises frequently to the lip of a real Mason , but has a vital influence on his practice . Desirous of observing life-long fidelity to the Great Ruler above , he is particularly careful that "fidelity" should characterize all his dealings with his fellow men . A broken , falsified , forgotten promise the true Mason abhors .
Would that the world AVithout were similarly tenacious ! Instances like the following would then " have no place upon the record . " An active magistrate , whose services had been long and beneficially exerted in his district , died , after a severe illness , leaving a widow and large family in almost indigent
circumstances . One of the county members—no stranger to the energy and worth of the deceased—volunteered to represent his past services , and the destitution of his famil y to Lord S , then Home Secretary , and to beg his Lordship's early and favourable intervention in their behalf . The application was made in person . Lord S
received Sir Charles with great courtesy ; said the name of Mr . M . was not unknown to him , but as his attention ivas that day particularly claimed by matters connected with the public service , he must request that Sir Charles would reduce his statement to writing ; forward it to Richmond Park , and particularize in his letter what he wished to be clone for the family ; whether the considera-