// Messages
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message[0]="Masonry regards no man for his worldly wealth or honors";
message[1]="It is the internal and not the external qualifications of a man that should recommend him to be made a Mason";
message[2]="Masonry may be said to be metaphorically supported by three great pillars, called wisdom, strength and beauty";
message[3]="Masonry unites men of every country, sect and opinion, and conciliates true friendship among those who might otherwise have remained at a perpetual distance";
message[4]="To relieve the distressed is a duty incumbent on all men; but particularly on Masons";
message[5]="To be good and true is the first lesson we are taught in Masonry";
message[6]="Temperance is that due restraint upon our affections and passions, which renders the body tame and governable and frees the mind from the allurements of vice";
message[7]="It is an institution having for its foundation the practice of the moral and social virtues";
message[8]="Let temperance chasten, fortitude support, prudence direct you, and justice be the guide of all your actions";
message[9]="By speculative Masonry we learn to subdue the passions, act upon the square, keep a tongue of good report… and practice charity";
message[10]="Masonry, however, is more particularly founded on geometry, or the fifth science";
message[11]="The jewels of a Fellowcraft are the attentive ear, the instructive tongue and the faithful breast";
message[12]="Tools and implements of architecture, symbols most expressive, have been selected by the Fraternity to imprint on the memory wise and serious truths";
message[13]="True to our principles we pause not at our first or second step but press forward for greater light";
message[14]="Exemplary conduct on your part will convince the world that merit is the just tide to our privileges, and that on you our favors have not been undeservedly bestowed";
message[15]="Let us cultivate assiduously the noble tenets of our profession: brotherly love, relief, and truth";
message[16]="From the square learn morality; from the level equality; and from the plumb, rectitude of life";
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