A DICTIONARY OF FREEMASONRY
Robert Macoy
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"There is something divine in man, which prompts him to look beyond the mere supply of his necessities, and to aim continually at higher objects."
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"The ancients contemplated the universe from the religious point of view. All the phenomena of life – all the motions of the heavenly bodies – the whole stupendous spectacle of the world – revealed to them the presence of an unseen Intelligence."
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"Faith is the foundation of justice, the bond of amity, and chief support of society; we live and walk by faith."
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"Everything is the perpetual transformation or metamorphosis of God."
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"The center of unity is not material nor visible. It is an internal principle which dwells in all its parts, and binds them altogether in one harmonious whole."
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"The Eye of God is in every place."
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"From the wonders of nature, we are led to contemplate the Great Original."
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"God is immanent in all created things, working in each blade of grass, and swelling bud, and opening flower."
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"The 'creed' of a Mason is simple. It is belief in a God 'in whom we live, and move, and have our being.'"
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"The circle has ever been considered symbolical of the Deity; for as a circle appears to have neither beginning nor end, it may be justly considered a type [archetype] of God, without either beginning of days or ending of years."
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"Those old Grecians and Egyptians saw in all the phenomena of nature – in all the motions of the starry spheres, and in all the miracles of the world – the shadow of that mysterious One, who, although infinite and indivisible, yet in some manner individualizes himself to every human thought, and localizes himself in every place."
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"The Alcoran [Koran] describes Allah's character and attributes thus: 'He alone is self-existent; has no rival; is from everlasting to everlasting; fills the universe with his presence; is the center in which all things unite.'"
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