ORDER OF ORIENTAL TEMPLARS
and never forget the ties which bind you to honour and/to
justice.
“View not with
indifference the extensive connections
you have formed, but let universal benevolence regulate your
conduct.
Exert your abilities in the service of your king
and your country, and deem the knowledge you have this
day attained the happiest acquisition of your life.
" Recall to memory the ceremony of your initiation;
learn to bridle your tongue and to govern your passions: and
ere long you will have occasion to say:
‘In becoming a M,Y
I truly became the man; and while I breathe will never
disgrace a jewel that kings may prize.’
“ If I live, my son, to reap the fruits of this day‘s labour,
my happiness will be complete.
I will meet death without
terror, close my eyes in peace, and expire without a groan, in
the arms of a virtuous and worthy l
.”
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