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informed that it dbes not give 'them rant ^ ( xrand ;; : ! ^ But this practice ^^ in the northern jurisdiction of the IJnited States ;
Gur ^ I Gourgas , has well observed that our Degreed ^ systeni and x ^ the tr Ancient and A " Honora ^ in the sense generally used , which
" Side > * ^ tojour regular serifs of Begreesy " 1 )^^ less vato ^ ^^ ^ Degrees a ^ or rit & , much less when our nt & ^ All a ^^^
IUustriqus CXrder ; are boun freemasonry ' is never pern ^ deserves & better i ^ e than to alifoqug ^ t ^ lustra ? If it eve ^ fe horizon , it will not te because drit ^ wa ^
That illustrious chieftain : of pur Order , th ^ remarked that our Degrees i ^ vainly- sought for in the lower Degrees ; that they elucidated the origin and principles of the Masonic institution and its connection vvith science and religion , more intimately than the Bymbolic D ^ ree sV W communicated , and these obscurely , in ^
' . * And here a word or two with "P . M . and P . Z ;/ VwhGse cut-and-0 ] ash oriticism appears in your last issue , at page 627 . He " thinks I have paid but little attention to Royal Arch Masonry , and have not had the advantage of a competent instructor when initiated , crafted , raised , and particularly when I was exalted * Now , sir , I do not pretend to he a brilliant star in the Masonic Order , nor that my feeble attempts at writing are to shed a lustre upon all who read them . I am
a humble student of Freemasonry and Freemasonie principles , anxious to share what little knowledge I possess with my less informed brethren , and unwilling to keep my light , dim and shadowy though it may be , " under a bushel / " According to the good old maxim " Never too old to learn "—and this holds good particularly in Masonic matters—I shall be most happy to receive instruction from "P , M , and P . Z . " on any subject connected with our Order , for he refers to my ignorance of , or want of competent instruction in , all the degrees of ancient Freemasonry , I ,
too , am a P . M . and P . Z ., though that fact , of itself , does not signify that I atn much better informed than any others of my Brethren ; for in many instances these official affixes afford but a poor index to the mental store or literary lore of those to whose cpgnomens they are attached . But , by the way , I observe that < c Lector , " also , comes in for his share of " P . M . and P . Z . V' favours , In such company as Zector ' S ) , I am willing to be condemned ; and I would here volunteer , irrelevant though it may be , the advice of a distinguished writer on criticism : " Critics should remember in their criticisms that the hand that cannot build a hovel can demolish a castle " i ?
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informed that it dbes not give 'them rant ^ ( xrand ;; : ! ^ But this practice ^^ in the northern jurisdiction of the IJnited States ;
Gur ^ I Gourgas , has well observed that our Degreed ^ systeni and x ^ the tr Ancient and A " Honora ^ in the sense generally used , which
" Side > * ^ tojour regular serifs of Begreesy " 1 )^^ less vato ^ ^^ ^ Degrees a ^ or rit & , much less when our nt & ^ All a ^^^
IUustriqus CXrder ; are boun freemasonry ' is never pern ^ deserves & better i ^ e than to alifoqug ^ t ^ lustra ? If it eve ^ fe horizon , it will not te because drit ^ wa ^
That illustrious chieftain : of pur Order , th ^ remarked that our Degrees i ^ vainly- sought for in the lower Degrees ; that they elucidated the origin and principles of the Masonic institution and its connection vvith science and religion , more intimately than the Bymbolic D ^ ree sV W communicated , and these obscurely , in ^
' . * And here a word or two with "P . M . and P . Z ;/ VwhGse cut-and-0 ] ash oriticism appears in your last issue , at page 627 . He " thinks I have paid but little attention to Royal Arch Masonry , and have not had the advantage of a competent instructor when initiated , crafted , raised , and particularly when I was exalted * Now , sir , I do not pretend to he a brilliant star in the Masonic Order , nor that my feeble attempts at writing are to shed a lustre upon all who read them . I am
a humble student of Freemasonry and Freemasonie principles , anxious to share what little knowledge I possess with my less informed brethren , and unwilling to keep my light , dim and shadowy though it may be , " under a bushel / " According to the good old maxim " Never too old to learn "—and this holds good particularly in Masonic matters—I shall be most happy to receive instruction from "P , M , and P . Z . " on any subject connected with our Order , for he refers to my ignorance of , or want of competent instruction in , all the degrees of ancient Freemasonry , I ,
too , am a P . M . and P . Z ., though that fact , of itself , does not signify that I atn much better informed than any others of my Brethren ; for in many instances these official affixes afford but a poor index to the mental store or literary lore of those to whose cpgnomens they are attached . But , by the way , I observe that < c Lector , " also , comes in for his share of " P . M . and P . Z . V' favours , In such company as Zector ' S ) , I am willing to be condemned ; and I would here volunteer , irrelevant though it may be , the advice of a distinguished writer on criticism : " Critics should remember in their criticisms that the hand that cannot build a hovel can demolish a castle " i ?