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dŚĞƌĞ ĂƌĞ ŵĂŶLJ ŶĞŐĂƟǀĞƐ ƚŽ ůĞĂĚŝŶŐ Ă ŵŽƌĂů ůŝĨĞ͘ DLJ
ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶƐ ƚŽ LJŽƵ͕ ŵLJ ďƌŽƚŚĞƌƐ͕ ĂƌĞ ƚŚŝƐ͗ tŽƵůĚ LJŽƵ ǁĂŶƚ
ƚŽ ďĞ ĂƐƐŽĐŝĂƚĞĚ ǁŝƚŚ ƚŚŽƐĞ ǁŚŽŵ LJŽƵ ŵŝŐŚƚ ůŽƐĞ ŝŶ ƚŚĞ
ĐŽƵƌƐĞ ŽĨ ĚŽŝŶŐ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ ƚŚŝŶŐ͍ ŶĚ ĚŽ LJŽƵ ƚĂŬĞ LJŽƵƌ
DĂƐŽŶŝĐ ŽďůŝŐĂƟŽŶƐ ƐĞƌŝŽƵƐůLJ ĞŶŽƵŐŚ ƚŽ ĚŽ ƚŚĞ ƌŝŐŚƚ
ƚŚŝŶŐ ƌĞŐĂƌĚůĞƐƐ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŽƵƚĐŽŵĞ͍

tŽƌƐŚŝƉĨƵů ƌŽƚŚĞƌ ƌ͘ :LJŽƚŚŝŶĚƌĂ <ƵŵĂƌ ;'ƌĂŶĚ >ŽĚŐĞ
ŽĨ /ŶĚŝĂͿ ƐĂŝĚ ŝƚ ǀĞƌLJ ǁĞůů͘
“The greatest insight that today’s mason ought to have
is the sense to discriminate between right and wrong,
ĂŶĚ ƚŽ ĚŝƐƟŶŐƵŝƐŚ ďĞƚǁĞĞŶ ƚŚĞ ŝĚĞĂů ĂŶĚ ƚŚĞ ƉƌĂĐƟ ĐĂů͖
ƚŽ ĂĐƚ ŽŶ ƚŚĂƚ͕ ǁŚĂƚ ŚŝƐ ĐŽŶƐĐŝĞŶĐĞ ƚĞůůƐ Śŝŵ ŝƐ ƚŚĞ ďĞƐƚ
choice, and restoring Ordo ab Chao – order out of the
ŵŽƌĂů ĂŶĚ ŵĞŶƚĂů ĐŚĂŽƐ ĂŵŝĚƐƚ ƚŚĞ ĐƌƵƐŚŝŶŐ ƉƌĞƐƐƵƌĞƐ
ĂŶĚ ƐƚƌĞƐƐĞƐ ŽĨ ĚĂŝůLJ ŵŽĚĞƌŶ ůŝĨĞ͘ ^ƵĐŚ͕ ŵLJ ďƌŽƚŚĞƌ͕ ŝƐ
ƚŚĞ ŶĂƚƵƌĞ ŽĨ ƚŚĞ ŚƵŵĂŶ ĐŽŶĐĞƉƚ ŽĨ ŵŽƌĂůŝƚLJ͘ Ž ƌŝŐŚƚ
ŝĨ LJŽƵ ĐĂŶ͖ ŝĨ ƋƵĞƐƟŽŶĂďůĞ͕ ĚŽ ŶŽƚ ĚŽ ŝƚ͖ ĂŶĚ ĂďŽǀĞ Ăůů͕
ĚŽ ŶŽ ŚĂƌŵ͘ EŽ ůŽŶŐĞƌ ƚĂůŬ ĂďŽƵƚ ƚŚĞ ŬŝŶĚ ŽĨ ŵĂŶ ƚŚĂƚ
Ă ŐŽŽĚ ŵĂŶ ŽƵŐŚƚ ƚŽ ďĞ ʹ ďƵƚ ďĞ ƐƵĐŚ͊͊͟ ;ϮϬϬϴͿ͘

Remember: DŽƌĂůŝƚLJ ŵĂƩĞƌƐ ŵŽƐƚ ǁŚĞŶ ŝƚ ŚƵƌƚƐ͊

References
Golden Rule Project (2023). Golden Rule Project Formulations,
https://www.goldenruleproject.org/formulations.
Marshall, Taylor, Dr. (2024). Must watch videos. 115: Intro
to Four Cardinal Virtues (Virtues Part 1)) [Podcast], https://
taylormarshall.com/2016/09/115-introduction-to-the-four-
cardinal-virtues-part-1-of-virtues-podcast.html.
Kumar, J. (2008) Morality and Freemasonry, http://www.
freemasons-freemasonry.com/morality_freemasonry.html.
Mendis, R. n.d. The Masonic Seeding of Our Commercial
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publications/journal/article/the-masonic-seeding-of-our-
commercial-republic/.
Merriam-Webster, 2024. Fortitude, noun. Synonyms of
fortitude,https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/
fortitude

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