I
believe in revelation, but not in revelation which each religion claims
to possess... but in the living revelation which surrounds us on every
side — mighty, eternal, unceasing, incorruptible, clear, distinct,
universal as is the being from whom it proceeds, in that revelation
which speaks to us and penetrates us from the moment we are born until
we die. José Rizal (June 19 1861 – December 30 1896)Letter to Fr. Pastells (4 April 1893)
José
Protacio Rizal Mercado y Alonso Realonda (June 19, 1861 – December 30,
1896) was a Filipino nationalist, novelist, poet, ophthalmologist,
journalist, and revolutionary. He is widely considered as one of the
greatest heroes of the Philippines. He was the author of Noli Me
Tángere, El Filibusterismo, and a number of poems and essays. He was
executed on December 30, 1896 by a squad of Filipino soldiers of the
Spanish Army.
I am extremely excited to see the Liberal Democratic Party of Australia
win one seat in the Senate. Warm congratulations go out to David Leyonhjelm, who made a great and libertarian speech on the floor on July 9th. Check this out:
For more info on the Australian Liberal Democratic Party, here's an article from The Spectator:
Arthur
Mastick Hyde (July 12, 1877 – October 17, 1947) was an American
Republican politician, who served as the 35th Governor of Missouri from
1921 to 1925, and as the United States Secretary of Agriculture for
President Herbert Hoover from 1929 to 1933. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthur_M._Hyde
Evidently, he gave a Masonic address on Liberty to his Scottish Rite
Valley of Cincinnati. I am now in search of a printed copy:
The Philosophy of Liberty : an address delivered by Illustrious Arthur M.
Hyde at the eighty-seventh annual reunion, Ancient accepted Scottish
rite, valley of Cincinnati, April 1, 1939
"Seems
to me that if you're afraid or living with some big fear, you're not
really living. You're only half alive. I don't care if it’s the boss
you're scared of or a lot of people in a room or diving off of a dinky
little board, you gotta get rid of it. You owe it to yourself. Makes
sort of a zombie out of you being afraid. I mean you want to be free,
don't you? And how can you if you are scared?
That's prison. Fear's a jailer. Mind now, I'm not a professor on the
subject. I just found it out for myself. But that's what I think." Audie Murphy (20 June 1925 – 28 May 1971)
Audie
Leon Murphy (20 June 1925 – 28 May 1971) was one of the most decorated
American combat soldiers of World War II, receiving every military
combat award for valor available from the U.S. Army, as well as French
and Belgian awards for heroism. The 19-year-old Murphy received the
Medal of Honor after single-handedly holding off an entire company of
Germans for an hour at the Colmar Pocket in France in January 1945, then
leading a successful counterattack while wounded and out of ammunition.
(Audie
received his first degree in Masonry when he was regularly initiated,
February 14, 1955, in North Hollywood [California] Lodge No. 542, Free
and Accept Masons of California. He was passed to the Fellowcraft degree
on April 4, 1955. On June 27, 1955, he was raised to the degree of a
Master Mason. Later, he became a dual member with Heritage Lodge No.
764, North Hollywood, [now Magnolia Park No. 618] on May 14, 1956.
Audie took his degree work in the Scottish Rite Temple in Dallas on
November 11-14, 1957, according to records located at the temple. After
receiving his 32nd degree, Audie was elected vice president of the
Thomas B. Hunter Memorial Class. Audie became a Shriner [Hella
Temple, Dallas] on November 15, 1957. Audie was made a "Master of the
Royal Secret" in the Valley of Dallas, Orient of Texas, on November 14,
1965. Audie was also decorated a Knight Commander of the Court of Honor
KCCH) on December 11, 1965. Audie affiliated with the Long Beach
Scottish Rite Bodies on April 2, 1971. Two weeks previously, on March
19, 1971, Shriner Murphy affiliated with the Al Malaikah Temple in Los
Angeles.)
Hurlbut William Smith (June 24, 1865 - December 16, 1951)
An organizer of the L. C. Smith & Bros. Typewriter Co. in 1903, of
which he was director and member of Executive board; was president,
treasurer, and chairman of executive board of L. C. Smith & Corona
Typewriters, Inc. b. June 24, 1865 in Centre Lisle, N.Y. Began in the
gun manufacturing works of L. C. Smith; was later with Smith Premier
Typewriter Co. as treasurer, until 1903.
(Member
of Central City Lodge No. 305, Syracuse, N.Y., receiving degrees on
Nov. 23, 1897, Feb. 15, March 8, 1898. 32° AASR (NJ) and Shriner. d.
Dec. 16, 1951.)
There are three Bartles: The Bartle who makes money, the Bartle who gives it away, and the Bartle who works for free. ~Harold Roe Bartle
Harold
Roe Bennett Sturdevant Bartle (June 25, 1901 – May 9, 1974) was a
businessman, philanthropist, Boy Scout executive, and professional
public speaker who served two terms as mayor of Kansas City, Missouri.
After Bartle helped lure the Dallas Texans American Football League team
to Kansas City in 1962, owner Lamar Hunt renamed the franchise the
Kansas City Chiefs after Bartle's nickname, "The Chief."
