Masonry Is Not A Religion. He Who

Work Only Can Keep Even Kings Respectable.

A Man Should Live With His Superiors As He Does With His Fire: Not Too Near, Lest He Burn; Nor Too Far Off, Lest He Freeze.

Our Adversaries, Numerous And Formidable, Will Say, And Will Have The Right To Say, That Our Principe CrÇateur Is Identical With The Principe GÇnÇrateur Of The Indians And Egyptians, And May Fitly Be Symbolized As It Was Symbolized Anciently, By The Linage...to Accept This In Lieu Of A Personal God Is To Abandon Christianity And Worship Of Jehovah And Return To Wallow In The Styles Of Paganism.

We Avoid Sensuousness, Only By Resorting To Simple Negation. We Come At Last To Define Spirit By Saying That It Is Not Matter.

Two Forms Of Government Are Favorable To The Prevalence Of Falsehood And Deceit. Under A Despotism, Men Are False, Treacherous, And Deceitful Through Fear, Like Slaves Dreading The Lash. Under A Democracy They Are So As A Means Of Attaining Popularity And Office, And Because Of The Greed For Wealth.