Absence and death are the same - only that in death there is no suffering.

With great victory comes great sacrifice.

Because we are unqualifiedly and without reservation against any system of denominational schools, maintained by the adherents of any creed with the help of state aid, therefore, we as strenuously insist that the public schools shall be free from sectarian influences, and above all, free from any attitude of hostility to the adherents of any particular creed.

The fortunes amassed through corporate organization are now so large, and vest such power in those that wield them, as to make it a matter of necessity to give to the sovereign - that is, to the Government, which represents the people as a whole - some effective power of supervision over their corporate use. In order to insure a healthy social and industrial life, every big corporation should be held responsible by, and be accountable to, some sovereign strong enough to control its conduct.

From its origin to the present hour, in all its vicissitudes, Masonry has been the steady unwearing friend of man.

Under government ownership corruption can flourish just as rankly as under private ownership.

We can no more and no less afford to condone evil in the man of capital than evil in the man of no capital.