Masonry Is Identical With The Ancient Mysteries

The Power Of A Free People Is Often At The Disposal Of A Single And Seemingly An Unimportant Individual; A Terrible And Truthful Power; For Such A People Feel With One Heart, And Therefore Can Lift Up Their Myriad Arms For A Single Blow. And, Again, There Is No Graduated Scale For The Measurement Of The Influences Of Different Intellects Upon The Popular Mind. Peter The Hermit Held No Office, Yet What A Work He Wrought!

We Must Pass Through The Darkness, To Reach The Light.

Reverence For Greatness Dies Out, And Is Succeeded By Base Envy Of Greatness.

War Is A Series Of Catastrophes Which Result In Victory.

The Eyes Of The Cheerful And Of The Melancholy Man Are Fixed Upon The Same Creation; But Very Different Are The Aspects Which It Bears To Them.