The Rationale and Ethics of Freemasonry: Or, The Masonic Institution Considered as a Means of Social and Individual ProgressR. Macoy, 1859 - 298 pages |
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... death of vice and of all bad passions , and the introduction into a new life of purity and virtue . The first trials which led thereto filled the mind of the candidate with uncertainty , perplexity , and doubt . Painfully and with great ...
... death of vice and of all bad passions , and the introduction into a new life of purity and virtue . The first trials which led thereto filled the mind of the candidate with uncertainty , perplexity , and doubt . Painfully and with great ...
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... Death , and the final and certain triumph of the former , and destruction of the latter . The influence of these mysteries on Egyptian thought and life was immense . There , in those secret retreats , were laid the foundations of that ...
... Death , and the final and certain triumph of the former , and destruction of the latter . The influence of these mysteries on Egyptian thought and life was immense . There , in those secret retreats , were laid the foundations of that ...
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... death . And how beautifully and touchingly is the memory of his great love — of his persevering and unwearied devotion of his enduring fidelity and incurable grief - perpetuated by that most poetic myth which represents Orpheus seeking ...
... death . And how beautifully and touchingly is the memory of his great love — of his persevering and unwearied devotion of his enduring fidelity and incurable grief - perpetuated by that most poetic myth which represents Orpheus seeking ...
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... death of Orpheus was singularly tragical , and the manner of it is well established , although the causes which led to the catastrophe are involved in some obscurity . But the most authentic accounts lead us to believe that , after the ...
... death of Orpheus was singularly tragical , and the manner of it is well established , although the causes which led to the catastrophe are involved in some obscurity . But the most authentic accounts lead us to believe that , after the ...
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... death ; and at the time of the celebration of the Mysteries , the profane were driven far from the temple , and were not permitted to approach within a certain distance , on pain of instant destruction . At each commencement of the ...
... death ; and at the time of the celebration of the Mysteries , the profane were driven far from the temple , and were not permitted to approach within a certain distance , on pain of instant destruction . At each commencement of the ...
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The Rationale and Ethics of Freemasonry: Or, the Masonic Institution ... Augustus C L Arnold No preview available - 2015 |
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