True Thoughts Have Duration In Themselves. If

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.

The Spoken Discourse May Roll On Strongly As The Great Tidal Wave; But, Like The Wave, It Dies At Last Feebly On The Sands. It Is Heard By Few, Remembered By Still Fewer, And Fades Away, Like An Echo In The Mountains, Leaving No Token Of Power. It Is The Written Human Speech, That Gave Power And Permanence To Human Thought.

A Good Man Will Find That There Is Goodness In The World; An Honest Man Will Find That There Is Honesty In The World; And A Man Of Principle Will Find Principle And Integrity In The Hearts Of Others.

He Who Endeavors To Serve, To Benefit, And Improve The World, Is Like A Swimmer, Who Struggles Against A Rapid Current, In A River Lashed Into Angry Waves By The Winds. Often They Roar Over His Head, Often They Beat Him Back And Baffle Him. Most Men Yield To The Stress Of The Current... Only Here And There The Stout, Strong Heart And Vigorous Arms Struggle On Toward Ultimate Success.

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