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De nos jours, nous
lisons beaucoup. Celui qui s'adonne assidûment à la lecture
s'entoure, par la magie des mots, d'une foule d'individus qui ont
rabattu un immense territoire d'ignorance. Pour le lecteur, c'est
une aubaine d'énergie qu'il peut investir, avec intelligence, à
rassembler tous les faits pertinents à ses secteurs d'intérêt.
Néanmoins, il doit faire preuve de jugement à l'égard de ceux qu'il
autorise, par leurs écrits, à enrichir ses
connaissances.
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The following was
originally published in THE TRACING BOARD in the December 1972 /
January 1973 edition. It was written by L.L. Walker, Jr; P.M. Anson
Jones Lodge; Fellow in Masonic Research of Texas Lodge of Research.
Once there was a little lodge. It wasn't always little. It was little when it was started years ago, and then it grew some and then it got little again. The members - those who came to meetings - were all good fellows.
There wasn't a bad thing to be said about any of them. Some of them
came regularly (they liked to think of themselves as the "faithful
few"). Coming to Lodge was a pleasant way to spend an evening. The
coffee was good, you sat in the same seat, and you always knew how
things were going to come out. You never had to worry about
surprises, or strange ideas, or strange people for that
matter.
Earlier in the month
I had an opportunity to visit another lodge for a special
presentation. Just as promised they put on an interesting lecture
for nearly a hundred visitors. After the applause and question
period were finished a brother of the lodge gave some final remarks.
He wanted to bring attention to the fact that the lecture of the
evening was done by the young brothers of the lodge. Cheers. However
as a point was raised in favor of young blood, he made a statement
to the effect that masonry was dying. We have all heard this before,
and it sounds sad and scary. Membership numbers are in decline, yes,
but masonry itself requires no such numbers.
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