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A pause for recreation followed , in which a solitary walk was usually taken , to
indulge in contemplation ; a conversation then took place . Before dinner ,
various gymnastic exercises were performed . The common meal consisted
principally of ...
A pause for recreation followed , in which a solitary walk was usually taken , to
indulge in contemplation ; a conversation then took place . Before dinner ,
various gymnastic exercises were performed . The common meal consisted
principally of ...
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As it raised the mind above the dominion of passion , it was considered as the
most proper exercise to fit the mind for contemplation . Pythagoras considered
music not only as an art , to be judged of by the ear , but as a science to be
reduced ...
As it raised the mind above the dominion of passion , it was considered as the
most proper exercise to fit the mind for contemplation . Pythagoras considered
music not only as an art , to be judged of by the ear , but as a science to be
reduced ...
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After this , every one of them is sent away by their curators to exercise some of
those arts wherein they are skilled , in which they labor with great diligence till the
fifth hour ; after which they assemble themselves together again into one place ...
After this , every one of them is sent away by their curators to exercise some of
those arts wherein they are skilled , in which they labor with great diligence till the
fifth hour ; after which they assemble themselves together again into one place ...
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... appears to foreigners like some tremendous mystery ; the cause of which is
that perpetual sobriety they exercise , and the same settled measure of meat and
drink that is allotted them , and that such as is abundantly sufficient for them .
... appears to foreigners like some tremendous mystery ; the cause of which is
that perpetual sobriety they exercise , and the same settled measure of meat and
drink that is allotted them , and that such as is abundantly sufficient for them .
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... place he will exercise piety toward God , and then that he will observe justice
toward men , and that he will do. this rule not to swear at all . The case is the
same in Christianity , as we learn from the Apostolical Constitutions , which ,
although ...
... place he will exercise piety toward God , and then that he will observe justice
toward men , and that he will do. this rule not to swear at all . The case is the
same in Christianity , as we learn from the Apostolical Constitutions , which ,
although ...
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Page 142 - He that hath an ear, let him hear what the Spirit saith unto the churches; To him that overcometh will I give to eat of the hidden manna, and will give him a white stone, and in the stone a new name written, which no man knoweth saving he that receiveth it.
Page 114 - And as for their piety towards God, it is very extraordinary; for before sun-rising they speak not a word about profane matters, but put up certain prayers, which they have received from their forefathers, as if they made a supplication for its rising.
Page 234 - How often we forget all time, when lone, Admiring nature's universal throne, Her woods, her wilds, her waters, the intense Reply of hers to our intelligence ! Live not the stars and mountains ? Are the waves Without a spirit? Are the dropping caves Without a feeling in their silent tears? No, no : — they woo and clasp us to their spheres, Dissolve this clog and clod of clay before Its hour, and merge our soul in the great shore.
Page 226 - If thou ask to what height man has carried it in this manner, look on our divinest Symbol : on Jesus of Nazareth, and his Life, and his Biography, and what followed therefrom. Higher has the human Thought not yet reached : this is Christianity and Christendom ; a Symbol of quite perennial, infinite character ; whose significance will ever demand to be anew inquired into, and anew made manifest.
Page 117 - Again, ye have heard that it hath been said by them of old time, Thou shalt not forswear thyself, but shalt perform unto the Lord thine oaths : but I say unto you, Swear not at all : neither by heaven ; for it is God's throne : nor by the earth ; for it is his footstool...
Page 111 - Essens reject pleasures as an evil, but esteem continence, and the conquest over our passions, to be virtue. They neglect wedlock, but choose out other persons...
Page 274 - The quality of mercy is not strained; It droppeth, as the gentle rain from heaven Upon the place beneath ; it is twice blessed ; It blesseth him that gives, and him that takes...
Page 270 - A certain man went down from Jerusalem to Jericho, and fell among thieves, which stripped him of his raiment, and wounded him, and departed, leaving him, half dead.
Page 272 - ... and came to him, and bound up his wounds, pouring on them oil and wine ; and he set him on his own beast, and brought him to an inn, and took care of him. And on the morrow he took out two pence, and gave them to the host, and said, Take care of him; and whatsoever thou spendest more, I, when I come back again, will repay thee.
Page 106 - They contemn 5* the miseries of life, and are above pain, by the generosity of their mind. And as for death, if it will be for their glory, they esteem it better than living always ; and indeed our war with the Romans gave abundant evidence what great souls they had in their trials, wherein, although they were tortured and distorted, burnt and torn to pieces, and went through all kinds of instruments of torment, that they might be forced...
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| Title | The Rationale and Ethics of Freemasonry: Or, The Masonic Institution Considered as a Means of Social and Individual Progress Household masonic library |
| Author | Augustus C. L. Arnold |
| Publisher | R. Macoy, 1858 |
| Original from | Harvard University |
| Digitized | 12 Mar 2008 |
| Length | 298 pages |
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