Heeren steers between the two opinions, observing that, "The Dschungariade of the Calmucks is said to surpass the poems of Homer in length, as much as it stands beneath them in merit, and yet it exists only in the memory of a people which is not unacquainted with writing. — from The Iliad by Homer
Lodge are Masters and
Master Mason, rights of " " becomes a member by signing the by-laws " " how this right is forfeited " " may apply to any lodge for membership " " to whom subject for discipline " " may speak and vote on all questions " " may hold any office to which elected " " but to serve as Master must have been a Warden " " may appeal to the Grand Lodge " " may visit any lodge, after examination Master of a lodge " " " must have previously served as Warden " " " must see Grand Lodge regulations enforced " " " must be installed by a Past Master " " " has the warrant in charge " " " may call special meetings of his lodge " " " may close his lodge at any time " " " presides over business as well as labor " " " is supreme in his lodge Master of a lodge, no appeal from his decision except to Grand Lodge moral qualifications of intellectual qualifications of who is to judge of them is a member of the Grand Lodge may exclude a member temporarily Membership, right of Members of Grand Lodge are Masters and Wardens with the Grand Officers Minutes, when to be read how to be amended not to be read at special communications formula for keeping Moral law, what it is a Mason must obey it Motions, when to be entertained N. Name of a lodge to be selected by itself Non-residents, initiation of Number of a lodge regulates its precedency of candidates to be initiated at one communication O. Office, can be vacated only by death, removal, or expulsion not vacated by suspension Officers of a Grand Lodge subordinate lodge warranted lodge must be installed how to be installed time of election determined by Grand Lodge elected annually vacancies in, how to be supplied cannot resign Order, rules of whence derived P. Parliamentary law not applicable to Masonry Past Masters rights of not members of the Grand Lodge by inherent right may install their successors of two kinds—actual and virtual may preside in a lodge eligible to election to the chair entitled to a seat in the East eligible to be elected Deputy Grand Master, or Grand Warden virtual, cannot be present at installing a Master Penal jurisdiction of a lodge Perfect youth, meaning of the term Perfection, physical, why required of a candidate Petition of candidate must be read at a regular communication referred to a committee of three reported on at next regular communication report on, cannot be made at a special communication renewal of, in case of rejection how to be renewed, if rejected for advancement to a higher degree if rejected, how to be renewed Petitioners, not less than seven to form a lodge what they must set forth must be recommended by nearest lodge Political offenses not cognizable by a lodge Political qualifications of candidates Postponed business, when to be called up Precedency of lodges, regulated by their numbers Presiding in a lodge, who has the right of officer, has the prerogatives of the Master, for the time Previous question, unknown in Masonry Probation of candidates for initiation for advancement Proceedings of a regular communication cannot be amended at a special one Profanes, testimony of, how to be taken in trials Proficiency of candidates Proficiency of candidates, must be suitable Punishments, masonic Pursuivant, — from The Principles of Masonic Law
A Treatise on the Constitutional Laws, Usages and Landmarks of
Freemasonry by Albert Gallatin Mackey
I saw Hill, dale, and shady woods, and sunny plains, And liquid lapse of murmuring streams; by these, Creatures that lived and moved, and walked, or flew; Birds on the branches warbling; all things smiled; With fragrance and with joy my heart o'erflowed. — from Paradise Lost by John Milton
If they haven’t a friend to talk to, they must whisper their secrets to the fishes, or write them on the sand, or something; and it’s well, too, I wasn’t over full to-night, now I think of it, or I might have snoozed away and never dreamt of looking what my sweet lady was about; or I might have lacked the sense or the power to carry my point like a man, as I have done.’ — from The Tenant of Wildfell Hall by Anne Brontë
“Mr. Gantline,” he said, after Joe had gone, “get the lead-line and make a few casts, sir, by yourself,—by yourself, sir,—and then come and tell me how much water we’ve got under us.” — from The Wind-Jammers by T. Jenkins (Thornton Jenkins) Hains
laughed at me and
To this speech, uttered with the utmost verve , and with the blandest and most insinuating tones, Georgia listened with a countenance of immovable gravity, and at its close, instead of sitting down, she walked up, stood before him, and said: "Yesterday you laughed at me, and I was angry. — from The Actress' Daughter: A Novel by May Agnes Fleming
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