Credo
"Sign on, young man, and sail with me. The stature of our homeland is no more than the measure of ourselves. Our job is to keep her free. Our will is to keep the torch of freedom burning for all. To this solemn purpose we call on the young, the brave, the strong, and the free. Heed my call, Come to the sea. Come Sail with me." -- John Paul Jones
"Pardon him, Theodotus; he is a barbarian, and thinks that the customs of his tribe and island are the laws of nature" --George Bernard Shaw, "Caesar and Cleopatra"
"And those who were seen dancing were thought to be insane by those who could not hear the music."--Friedrich Nietzsche
"A kind Providence has placed in our breasts a hatred of the unjust and cruel, in order that we may preserve ourselves from cruelty and injustice. They who bear cruelty, are accomplices in it. The pretended gentleness which excludes that charitable rancour, produces an indifference which is half an approbation. They never will love where they ought to love, who do not hate where they ought to hate."--Edmund Burke
“You say that it is your custom to burn widows. Very well. We also have a custom: when men burn a woman alive, we tie a rope around their necks and we hang them. Build your funeral pyre; beside it, my carpenters will build a gallows. You may follow your custom. And then we will follow ours.”--General Sir Charles Napier
"Μολὼν λαβέ" -- Leonidas
"Blogito Ergo Sum" -- Neptunus Lex
Some more of our very best. RIP, Sailors.
Damn. I hate this part, I truly do. It’s part and parcel of the job, but it always hurts because regardless of whether or not we personally knew them, they are still shipmates.
God Speed, brothers.
Hiram: Are you a travelling man?
Respects,
I am so taken and accepted among friends and brethren. Yourself?
Flags are flying at half mast in CT, in honor of the sacrifice of Petty Officer First Class Jason Dale Lewis.
Hiram,
Indeed, I am a man travelling in search of that which was lost.
Respects,
Brother, I too come from the West travelling East. My mother lodge where I remain in good standing is Deerfield Lodge No 325 F&AM of Florida. Currently a visitor to the F&A Lodges of the 25th Masonic District in Kentucky. From where do you hail?- Ike
Brother,
From
Polar Star Lodge No. 114
Bath, Maine.
About as East as you can get at present
Shoot me an email if you like at:
Gwedd AT hotmail dot com
Fraternally yours,
Tim and Hiram ~ Masonic Lodges? Spent plenty of time in one growing up as part of one of their youth groups. Grampa was a Mason. Interesting.
Homefrontsix,
Yeah, ya caught us. Sigh.
Surprising how many lodges there are out in the fleet. My Lodge has a DeMolay group for the youth.
I have been absolutley astounded by the recognition of Masons throughout the world. Regardless of what the local politics are, Masons have been able to find each other and continue the work of the craft towards a better world for all mankind.
To be one ask one.
Respects,