Be Prudent, Diligent, Temperate And

What Is The Purpose For Which Masonry Exists? Its Ultimate Purpose Is The Perfection Of Humanity. Mankind It Self Is Still In A Period Of Youth. We Are Only Now Beginning To Acquire A Consciousness Of The Social Aim Of Civilization, Which Is Man's Perfection. Such Perfection Can Never End With Physical Perfection, Which Is Only The Means To The End Or Spiritual Perfection.

We Avoid Sensuousness, Only By Resorting To Simple Negation. We Come At Last To Define Spirit By Saying That It Is Not Matter.

Fictions Are Necessary For The People, And The Truth Becomes Deadly To Those Who Are Not Strong Enough To Contemplate It In All Its Brilliance. In Fact, What Can There Be In Common Between The Vile Multitude And Sublime Wisdom? The Truth Must Be Kept Secret, And The Masses Need A Teaching Proportioned To Their Imperfect Reason.

Masonry Is Identical With The Ancient Mysteries

We Must Pass Through The Darkness, To Reach The Light.