If The Effort Also Is

Doubt, The Essential Preliminary Of All Improvement And Discovery, Must Accompany The Stages Of Man's Onward Progress. The Faculty Of Doubting And Questioning, Without Which Those Of Comparison And Judgment Would Be Useless, Is Itself A Divine Prerogative Of The Reason.

The Unconsidered Act Of The Poorest Of Men May Fire The Train That Leads To The Subterranean Mine, And An Empire Be Rent By The Explosion.

We Masons Are Among The Fortunate Ones Who Are Taught To Meet Together With Others Opposing Convictions Or Competitive Ideas And Yet Respect Each Other As Brothers.

Work Only Can Keep Even Kings Respectable.

Pride Is Not The Heritage Of Man; Humility Should Dwell With Frailty, And Atone For Ignorance, Error, And Imperfection.