Every Masonic Lodge Is A Temple Of

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!

Masonry Is Identical With The Ancient Mysteries

Before God Manifested Himself, When All Things Were Still Hidden In Him... He Began By Forming An Imperceptible Point; That Was His Own Thought. With This Thought He Then Began To Construct A Mysterious And Holy Form... The Universe.

There Are No Temptations From Which Assailed Virtue May Not Gain Strength, Instead Of Falling Before Them, Vanquished And Subdued.

War Is A Series Of Catastrophes Which Result In Victory.