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That which we do for ourselves dies with us … that which we do for others lives forever.

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Albert Pike
Age: 81 †
Born: 1809
Born: December 29
Died: 1891
Died: April 2
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Boston
Massachusetts
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Strange and mysterious name to give to the spirit of Darkness! Lucifer, the Son of the Morning! Is it he who bears the Light, and with its splendors intolerable blinds feeble, sensual, or selfish souls? Doubt it not!
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The true Philosophy, known and practised by Solomon, is the basis on which Masonry is founded.
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There are no temptations from which assailed virtue may not gain strength, instead of falling before them, vanquished and subdued.
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We must pass through the darkness, to reach the light.
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There are greater and better things in us all, than the world takes account of, or than we take note of if we would but find them out.
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Virtue is but heroic bravery, to do the thing thought to be true, in spite of all enemies of flesh or spirit, in despite of all temptations or menaces.
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We avoid sensuousness, only by resorting to simple negation. We come at last to define spirit by saying that it is not matter.
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The common right is nothing more or less than the protection of all, pouring its rays on each. This protection of each by all, is Fraternity.
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Philosophy is a kind of journey, ever learning yet never arriving at the ideal perfection of truth.
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