Masonry Is Identical With The Ancient Mysteries

Justice Is Peculiarly Indispensable To Nations.

The Universal Medicine For The Soul Is The Supreme Reason And Absolute Justice; For The Mind, Mathematical And Practical Truth; For The Body, The Quintessence, A Combination Of Light And Gold.

There Are Great Truths At The Foundation Of Freemasonry, Truths Which It Is Its Mission To Teach And Which Is Constituting The Very Essence Of, That Sublime System Which Gives The Venerable Institution Its Peculiar Identity As A Science Of Morality, And It Behooves Every Disciple Diligently To Ponder And Inwardly Digest.

Fictions Are Necessary For The People, And The Truth Becomes Deadly To Those Who Are Not Strong Enough To Contemplate It In All Its Brilliance. In Fact, What Can There Be In Common Between The Vile Multitude And Sublime Wisdom? The Truth Must Be Kept Secret, And The Masses Need A Teaching Proportioned To Their Imperfect Reason.

Force, Unregulated Or Ill-regulated, Is Not Only Wasted In The Void, Like That Of Gunpowder Burned In The Open Air, And Steam Unconfined By Science; But, Striking In The Dark, And Its Blows Meeting Only The Air, They Recoil, And Bruise Itself.