Sunday, October 2, 2011

Great Freemasons: Roy Rogers (1911 - 1998)


"I did pretty good for a guy who never finished high school and used to yodel at square dances."

(Hollywood Lodge No. 355, California)

Saturday, October 1, 2011

Great Freemasons: Gilbert du Motier, marquis de Lafayette (1757 - 1834)


"An irresistible passion that would induce me to believe in innate ideas, and the truth of prophecy, has decided my career. I have always loved liberty with the enthusiasm which actuates the religious man with the passion of a lover, and with the conviction of a geometrician. On leaving college, where nothing had displeased me more than a state of dependance, I viewed the greatness and the littleness of the court with contempt, the frivolities of society with pity, the minute pedantry of the army with disgust, and oppression of every sort with indignation. The attraction of the American revolution transported me suddenly to my place. I felt myself tranquil only when sailing between the continent whose powers I had braved, and that where, although our arrival and our ultimate success were problematical, I could, at the age of nineteen, take refuge in the alternative of conquering or perishing in the cause to which I had devoted myself.
o Letter to the Bailli de Ploën, as quoted in Recollections of the Private Life of General Lafayette (1836) by Jules Germain Cloquet, Vol. I, p. 24

Wednesday, September 28, 2011

Merrie Melodies - Daffy Duck the Wizard

Great Freemasons: John Glenn



I don't know what you could say about a day in which you have seen four beautiful sunsets.
John Glenn

(Concord Lodge No. 688, New Concord, Ohio)

William Shatner is Iron Man!

Great Freemasons: Irving Berlin (1888 - 1989)


"Our attitudes control our lives. Attitudes are a secret power working twenty-four hours a day, for good or bad. It is of paramount importance that we know how to harness and control this great force."
Irving Berlin

(Munn Lodge No. 190, New York)

Monday, September 26, 2011

Great Freemasons: Christopher Wren (1632 - 1723)


"Architecture aims at eternity" Christopher Wren

(Master of Lodge Original, No. 1, now the Lodge of Antiquity No. 2)

Sunday, September 25, 2011

Great Freemasons: Cecil B. DeMille (1881 - 1959)


"Creation is a drug I can't do without." Cecil B. DeMille

(Prince of Orange Lodge No. 16, New York City)