The scientist is not content to stop at the obvious.
Charles Horace Mayo, M.D. (July 19, 1865 – May 26, 1939)
Charles Horace Mayo, M.D. was an American medical practitioner and was
one of the founders of the Mayo Clinic along with his brother, William
James Mayo, Drs. Augustus Stinchfield, Christopher Graham, E. Star Judd,
Henry Stanley Plummer, Melvin Millet and Donald Balfour.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Horace_Mayo
("Dr. Charlie" petitioned to Rochester Lodge No. 21 in Rochester,
Minnesota for membership on December 23, 1889, he was initiated as an
Entered Apprentice on January 24, 1890, and eventually raised to the
sublime degree of a Master Mason on May 12th. Dr. Charlie became a
member of the York Rite Bodies in 1922-23.)
Meriwether
Lewis (August 18, 1774 – October 11, 1809) was an American explorer,
soldier, and public administrator, best known for his role as the leader
of the Lewis and Clark Expedition, also known as the Corps of
Discovery, with William Clark. Their mission was to explore the
territory of the Louisiana Purchase, establish trade and sovereignty
over the natives near the Missouri River, and claim the
Pacific Northwest and Oregon Country for the United States before
European nations. They also collected scientific data, and information
on indigenous nations. President Thomas Jefferson appointed him Governor
of Upper Louisiana in 1806.
Lewis was a Freemason,
initiated, passed and raised in the "Door To Virtue Lodge No. 44" in
Albemarle, Virginia, between 1796 and 1797. On August 2, 1808, Lewis and
several of his acquaintances submitted a petition to the Grand Lodge of
Pennsylvania requesting dispensation to establish a lodge in St. Louis.
Lewis was nominated and recommended to serve as the first Master of the
proposed Lodge, which was warranted as Lodge No. 111 on September 16,
1808.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meriwether_Lewis#Freemasonry
A great revolution is never the fault of the people, but of the government.
Goethe, Conversations with Goethe, 1824.
Hoot Gibson (August 6, 1892 – August 23, 1962) was an American rodeo
champion and a pioneer cowboy film actor, director and producer.
(Truth Lodge 628 of Los Angeles)
I think I'm the first man to sit on top of the world.
Matthew Henson
Matthew
Alexander Henson (August 8, 1866 – March 9, 1955) was an African
American explorer and associate of Robert Peary on various expeditions,
the most famous being a 1909 expedition during which he may have been
the first person to reach the Geographic North Pole.
(Prince Hall Celestial Lodge 3, New York, NY)
All
our progress is an unfolding, like the vegetable bud. You have first an
instinct, then an opinion, then a knowledge, as the plant has root,
bud, and fruit. Trust the instinct to the end, though you can render no
reason. It is vain to hurry it. By trusting it to the end it shall ripen
into truth, and you shall know why you believe.
Ralph Waldo Emerson (May 25, 1803 – April 27, 1882)
