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And those who would like to 
inquire within The following 

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article is from the September 
2004 fraternal review, Faith, 

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religion, and Freemasonry by 
Grand Chaplin Rady. 

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Heil born. 
And this is a reprint from the 

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January. 2004 Wisconsin, Masonic
Journal. 

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In recent weeks, a number of 
inquiries have come across my 

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desk. 
Relative to questions of Faith 

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where Works in religion 
conservative or liberal 

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Christianity, fundamentalism, 
radio, preachers, and other 

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areas of concern to persons 
actively engaged in religious 

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Faith or knowledge. 
Most particularly has been how 

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all this relates to Freemasonry 
first of all, let me emphasize. 

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Once again, Freemasonry is a 
voluntary fraternity of men of 

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all faiths and religious 
practices. 

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We're not a religion or a cult 
of faith. 

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We as Mason's, do not espouse 
any religion, nor do we deny any

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of our members, the right? 
And privilege to practice, 

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whatever Faith, he may desire s,
every Freemason is required to 

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acknowledge his faith, in a 
Supreme Being in whatever 

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manner. 
He accepts his version of deity,

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Freemasonry does not sit any 
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each member must make. 
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I remind you that religion is 
one subject. 

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We do not discuss, nor do we 
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The matter in any of our lodges 
were Masonic meeting. 

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He's outside of the lodge or 
away from a masonic meeting, any

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member May conduct his faith or 
find disagreement with any other

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Faith, how he may choose. 
Without any doubt, there are 

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members of Freemasonry who 
acknowledged deep friendship and

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harmony with each other in a 
masonic lodge setting, but who 

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may be in a sharp disagreement 
over matters of faith and 

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religion outside of the lodge, 
that is not only acceptable, but

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Mason's are encouraged to be 
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forth. 
There are very few adequately 

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trained and dedicated religious 
scholars in any of our face, but

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those who are are finely tuned 
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I suggest that we leave it in 
their hands to debate the finer 

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points or variations and 
differences that exist within 

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the fields of religion. 
I must admit that after all my 

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years of scholarly research, I 
find that there is so much more 

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that I do not know as compared 
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religion. 
That I'm very reluctant to make 

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any absolute statements in the 
areas of faith and religious 

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practices. 
Fifth in our Masonic rituals, we

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make references to certain 
portions of sacred writings, but

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they are purely for ritualistic 
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They do not in any way manner or
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accepts them as statements of 
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They are used as examples for 
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Only, they are never to be 
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As Masonic statements of faith. 
We are a fellowship of men 

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endeavoring to make the world a 
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humanity. 
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I will say that there is not and
there should not Not be any 

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connection or relationship 
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religion but that we encourage 
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faithful to his faith. 
Whatever that may be for, that 

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is surely part of the measure of
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The following article is from 
the September 2004 fraternal 

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review and is a reprint of an 
article from the October 2003 in

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November 2003, Wisconsin, 
Masonic Journal. 

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The Monument of the broken 
column and then there's an 

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editor's note in this paper 
Brother, Richard Demarcus will 

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take readers on an in-depth. 
Look at the different levels of 

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meaning carried within 
Freemasonry is most treasured 

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symbols and allegories brother 
Marcus is an associate professor

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at the University of Wisconsin 
Milwaukee, School of Business, 

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enjoy My brother, Richard 
Demarcus George Washington 1776.

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Lodge number 337 Freemasonry 
uses symbols and allegories to 

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teach lessons about Brotherly. 
Love relief and Truth are most 

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familiar symbol. 
Of course, is the square 

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overlaid with the compasses. 
Speculative masonry or symbolic 

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masonry as it is sometimes 
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Seemingly common craft tools 
into symbolic devices intended 

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to teach higher lessons of 
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The first degree teaches us to 
square our actions with virtue 

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and that the compasses are to 
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bounds. 
To each tool, there is both a 

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literal use for a Craftsman and 
a higher meaning. 

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But if we stay particularly 
attentive to the historic 

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lectures and Lodge, we are often
treated to two or more higher 

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meanings of the same symbol. 
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multiple meanings for the same 
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For example, the letter G is 
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learned that it denotes geometry
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masonry at a higher level, the 
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attention to God, the great 
architect of the universe levels

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of meaning, Literary critics 
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of interpretation for that. 
Same symbol policy me originally

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Aristotle pointed out in his 
book on Poetics that symbols and

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words have the simple or a 
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meaning were introduced in. 
Medieval times Thomas Aquinas 

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analyzed scriptures and four 
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the four levels had various 
names but they were typically 

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called the descriptive 
allegorical Trope, illogical and

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anagogical meanings. 
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excessively, technical, they 
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Look at symbols art or 
literature with an eye, to 

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finding richer or higher, 
meaning at the descriptive 

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level, which Aquinas called the 
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We find the meaning that most 
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term, or symbol at the 
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A square is a tool for finding 
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Angles, the allegorical level 
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the symbol representing. 
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square is seen as the square 
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The Trope illogical involves the
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interpretation of the image, a 
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Square and is associated with 
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The highest level is the 
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spiritual or mystical meaning in
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And agogic. 
Literally means to lead to more,

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which is the highest sense of 
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The square is the jewel given to
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designate his authority in large
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This fourfold classification, 
system was expanded to five 

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levels by the Spaniard Juan 
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De Maya, it has philosophic 
Secrets, 1585 he added a 

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physical or natural level below 
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Most English-speaking users 
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levels in Northrop phrase 
influential 1957 book anatomy of

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criticism. 
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the fourfold medieval levels. 
The monument to the master 

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builder. 
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there was erected a marble 
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death of the master builder, the
monument consisted of many 

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symbols which are explained in 
the historical lecture in the 

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third degree. 
But if we spend a little more 

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effort in examining the 
collection of symbols, and how 

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they relate to each other, we 
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Beyond. 
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concentration, has its rewards 
on a visit to an art museum. 

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We could walk briskly through 
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In modern paintings and still 
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Alternatively, we could sit 
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to taken all that it has for us 
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Let us also take in the Paula 
tzimmes meanings presented in 

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the marble Monument of the 
beautiful virgin weeping over a 

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broken column. 
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Death is sad, it is sadder. 
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dead in the prime of his life at
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central figure is the beautiful.
Girl in morning, we feel the 

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sadness of the young girl 
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It is compelling to Men Who find
tears hard to ignore at her feet

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lies a broken column, which is 
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the symbolic. 
Language of cemeteries, we are 

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informed of several allegorical 
meanings contained in the 

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monument. 
The broken column suggests the 

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unfinished date of the Temple of
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It also alludes to the untimely 
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the temple. 
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broken column reminds us of the 
grief and mortality that comes 

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to all of us. 
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commemorative grave marker if 
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agogic meeting, Perhaps it is 
the overwhelming sorrow of the 

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beautiful virgin who's weeping 
that touches our hearts, as the 

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third degree reminds us of our 
own mortality the marble 

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Monument embodies this meaning 
for us The open book before the 

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Weeping, girl lies an open book 
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It may simply be any book. 
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book we are told is that the 
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lie In Perpetual record books, 
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They Remain the primary method 
to convey information or records

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overtime books. 
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and synagogues to record births 
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parishioners that book is known 
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we can easily visualize an open 
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the Holy scriptures lying open 
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The book is set on part of the 
broken column as the altar 

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itself. 
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Book of Life is an image of 
profound ultimate judgment with 

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the Divine whose name will or 
will not appear is not in our 

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hands. 
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The marble Monument prominently 
draws our attention to the sprig

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of Acacia in the girls, right 
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The bow appears to be a branch 
of any kind of plant at the most

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basic level, the branches and 
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But we are reminded of the 
allegorical, meaning of a cedar 

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tree. 
It is used to conceal the grave 

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and also to Mark the location of
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become necessary. 
Have the trouble, logical level,

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there exists, a higher meaning 
of the timely, discovery of The 

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Hidden, Grave luck often AIDS, 
those who persevere in the, we 

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research for their goals, the 
anagogical meaning May refer to 

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the clear symbolism, in the 
choice of an evergreen Acacia 

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within the scene of a stone 
monument, the Evergreen reminds 

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us of the immortality of the 
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The urn in her left hand, 
whereas one hand holds a branch 

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of Acacia from the natural 
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The other hand holds a 
distinctly man-made object, this

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isn't the descriptive level yet 
in the context of a grave marker

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and earn is likely used to Stow 
ashes of The Departed, indeed 

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allegorically, this urn holds 
the ashes of the master builder,

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the historical lectures, give a 
higher possibly tropical 

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logical. 
Meaning that reminds us of the 

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three times at the master 
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bodies, ultimately turned to Ash
whether cremated or not, whether

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the Departed is safely, 
deposited in a grand Temple or 

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buried on the brow of a hill, we
continue to remember and honor 

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our loved ones at an anagogical 
level we sense the tension 

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between the Evergreen and one 
hand as the symbol of life and 

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the ashes of death held. 
In an urn in the other, the 

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monument causes us to 
contemplate the mysteries of 

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life and death Father time the 
most unsettling of the symbols 

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in the marble. 
Monument is the figure behind 

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the girl at the descriptive. 
We see an old man playing with 

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the hair of the girl 
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The old man is unfolding and 
Counting her ringlets, like the 

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years of Our Lives or the ring 
was found in the cross section 

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of a tree. 
The old man symbolizes, Father 

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Time, perhaps he has Chronos the
Greek god of time, who stands 

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behind the young girl, with this
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his arms and his imposing Wings 
overarching the Montage. 

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Judge lest we be uncertain that 
the figure symbolizes time, an 

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hourglass frequently appears at 
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The moral interpretation or 
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Meaning is less obvious, but we 
are told that time persistence 

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and perseverance will accomplish
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Just as Ichi Subs, Fable has a 
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Monument teaches us to maintain 
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perseverance, we shall reach our
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The anagogical, meaning 
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Time reminds us that we know not
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everything we Endeavor to do. 
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arrangement of a lodge is 
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arrangement of the Tableau of 
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compass points of a lodge. 
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altar with a book open before 
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the branch of Acacia and her 
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South, which is the beauty and 
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there is no light time stands 
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sun sets in myth and literature 
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expression, suggests Eating the 
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the sunset contemplating this 
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Earthly time and our ultimate 
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In the immortality of the soul, 
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death. 
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There is also the reassurance of
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every hair on our head, Matthew 
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marble monument that we have 
been examining could not have 

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been constructed at the time of 
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talk bulletin on the broken 
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number two pointed out there 
were no Vellum or Papyrus books.

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At that time there were only 
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have been cremated at that time.
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included, a Greek god. 
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not have been accepted at all. 
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Depiction of a foreign God. 
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is preposterous the generally 
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is that it was created in 1819 
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The illustration was done by 
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felt as we do that, when great 
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suitable Monument. 
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was widely used. 
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Lawrence, who fell in battle was
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Trinity Church graveyard in New 
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This famous grave was known to 
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The rest of the figures in the 
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story. 
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find that the story is profound 
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need not apologize for the 
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elements in the story of this 
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We learn only that Masonic 
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marble Monument. 
Mark, the grave of the master 

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builder. 
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of symbolism is one of the 
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means of communication by 
seeking deeper meanings embedded

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in our symbols. 
We Help along life's path. 

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We grow in our understanding and
appreciation Masonic symbolism 

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teaches us valuable lessons at 
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trouble, logical, and ultimately
the anagogical level if we. 

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But look for them, the monument 
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of the Lessons Learned when we 
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The following article is from 
the September 2004 fraternal 

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review and is a reprint from the
Masonic voice volume 3, 

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fall/winter 2003 Hiram, a 
different look by Daniel L 

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Mathews. 
What images do you have in mind 

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when you use the word lead? 
How do you see yourself in your 

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future role as a masonic leader?
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one, you will probably be 
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some of the same features that 
popular culture attaches to it 

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glamour toughness and power. 
You would like to see yourself 

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as respected by your enemies 
admired by your friends and 

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colleagues you will in short 
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leadership before counting the 
cost wch Prentiss said, in the 

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Harvard Business Review, in 1961
attempts, to analyze leadership,

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tend to fail because the would 
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He usually does not started 
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Instead, he studies popularity, 
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and long-range planning. 
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the following definition as per 
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John H haggai leadership is the 
discipline of exerting special 

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influence within a group to move
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goals. 
That fulfill the group's real 

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needs. 
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you as a potential leader. 
First leadership is not the same

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as dominance. 
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what you want. 
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Second you operate in the 
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of individuals who share, 
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interests, and whose cohesion 
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It is the ability to mobilize 
Unity Often by visualizing goals

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and visible to others, which 
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Third. 
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be high quality goals. 
They must establish changes that

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are both beneficial and 
permanent and enhance the future

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of the group, the importance of 
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If you remember what happens to 
leadership once the restraints 

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have been removed, The Paradox 
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Bible. 
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We find any approval for the 
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The Lord Jesus made himself of 
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a servant, Philippians 2:7. 
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leadership for his disciples 
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the one commonly practiced in 
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lead, effectively he says, You 
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to your group as a servant most 
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However, even leaders of 
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Corporations will see 
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the closely can leadership 
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It's a combination that is fatal
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cooperation. 
As man began to comprehend his 

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place and purpose. 
In the universe, the spiritual 

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aspects of his existence began 
to exercise, his ability, 

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articulate speech became an Ever
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Necessity has man sought to 
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wishes to others, and his mind 
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significance of his mortal 
existence in an Endeavor to 

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express his thoughts, man. 
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devotion of time and energy to 
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capability, recognizably 
dependent on access to that 

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array of Thoughts has the impact
of those influences accumulates 

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over time and makes us the 
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We are at any point in our 
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The qualities of leadership need
to be brought to life and given 

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meaning, they can be made alive 
through the personalities of 

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well known and proven leaders. 
They can also be brought alive 

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for us through our own 
dedicated. 

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Identification of our personal 
role models from the pages of 

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every chapter of Our Lives. 
Most importantly, for each of us

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individually, Masonic 
leadership. 

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Qualities must be, brought alive
and given meaning by Some 

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measure of devoted personal 
study from such study, we can 

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each draw our icons and thereby 
gain the necessary, stimulation 

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to bring Masonic leadership to a
higher pedestal where it 

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belongs. 
Masonic leadership contains many

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elements but passivity is rarely
among them life. 

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And our great fraternity can be 
dynamic, it could move with or 

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without Direction its leadership
provides Direction by 

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influencing events toward a 
particular end action. 

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Therefore constitutes an 
essential element of leadership 

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action, not confined to physical
activity, but words alone is 

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usually not enough to sustain 
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Generally, the most effective 
form of action is that which 

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provides an Example for others 
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Well, clearly indicating that 
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Examine for a moment, the career
and records of three individual 

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leaders from the building of 
Solomon's Temple three. 

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That knew the importance of 
assembling a strong Inner 

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Circle, knowing the talents 
skills and weaknesses of the 

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working class and matching those
to the demands of the job. 

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Each of these leaders was a 
master of change, King Solomon 

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might be identified as a 
coalition Builder or an imperial

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strategist. 
King Hiram as a master campaign 

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designer and Brilliant Warrior 
and Hiram Abiff was known for 

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his organizational. 
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his ability to teach. 
All came from essentially the 

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same generation. 
All had great dedication and 

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Limitless work ethics, however. 
All had very different types of 

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leadership. 
The building of King Solomon's, 

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Temple required International 
cooperation on a large scale. 

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King Solomon already. 
Had 70,000 haulers in 80,000 

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Quarry men, besides 3300 Foreman
in charge of the work who 

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superintended the laborers. 
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the Work. 
He would have to enter into a 

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covenant with the king of Tyre. 
For this would be the only way. 

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The king of Tyre would permit 
King Solomon to obtain Cedar, 

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and Cypress Wood and blocks of 
Stone from Lebanon. 

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Furthermore, King Solomon's 
workmen would be permitted to 

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fell the Timber and to query the
stones Hiram king of Tyre 

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provided that cooperation, 
whatever the circumstances, 

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certainly King Hiram, aided 
Solomon in every facet of the 

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construction of the temple. 
Without King Hiram Furnishing 

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workmen and material for this 
great project. 

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It would have been more Or 
strenuous, if not unattainable, 

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most importantly, he sent the 
master Craftsman, educator, and 

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supervisor Hiram Abiff in the 
future. 

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He would take charge of the 
castings fabricate valuable 

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furnishings and would be able to
work with King Solomon's own 

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skilled Craftsmen to execute any
design submitted to him. 

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King Solomon. 
Knew he would need an individual

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with such talents Solomon wrote 
to Hiram of Tyre. 

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Now, send me a man with skill 
and Engraving in working gold, 

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silver bronze, and iron, and it 
making blue Purple and red 

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cloth. 
He will work with the Craftsman 

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of Judah and Jerusalem. 
Who my father David selected 

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from 2nd Chronicles 27, Hiram 
replied. 

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I am sending you a wise and 
skillful Master Craftsman named 

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Hiram. 
His mother was a member of the 

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tribe of Dan and his father was 
a native of Tire. 

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He knows how to make things out 
of gold, silver bronze Iron, 

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Stone and wood. 
He can work with blue, purple, 

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and red cloth, and with linen, 
he can do all sorts of Engraving

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and can follow any. 
Design suggested to him, let him

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work with your skilled workers 
and with those who worked for 

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your father King David. 
So now send us the wheat. 

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Barley wine and olive oil that 
you promised second chronicles 

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to 13 through 15. 
So Hiram starter for the place, 

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the Great temple was to be 
built. 

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Hiram was fully aware that the 
construction of this. 

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Great temple would be no easy 
task. 

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It became his duty to implement 
King Solomon's Vision 

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quarterback, the workmen and 
examine the reports of the 

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foreman to ensure that they met 
certain Hiram also understood 

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that providing Direction was 
critical to communicating the 

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new designs from day-to-day, any
neglect to provide the Forum in 

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with them, on each consecutive 
morning, would have impeded the 

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labors of the whole body of 
workmen for that day. 

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Without this coordination of 
activities between elements 

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external and internal 
circumstances would be so 

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overwhelming that they would 
produce disorder and confusion 

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externally. 
He created units and teams at 

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understood his vision and could 
respond with the necessary 

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skills to accomplish Accomplish 
certain tasks without 

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supervision and assist in the 
development. 

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In the classification of the 
workmen. 

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Such Arrangements, were made by 
his advice as to avoid any 

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Discord or confusion. 
Although about 200,000 Craftsmen

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and laborers were employed. 
So complete were his 

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Arrangements that the general 
consensus was never once 

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Disturbed internally. 
He could articulate. 

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The problems positions, ethos, 
and philosophy of the workmen so

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that the activities received the
necessary support. 

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In the character of the Chief 
Architect of the temple, one of 

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the peculiarities, which 
strongly deserve attention was 

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the methodical manner in, which 
he conducted all the extensive 

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operations that were placed 
under his charge Hiram 

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possessed, numerous executive, 
qualities and abilities to 

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perform and to cause others to 
perform, effectively his Clarity

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of vision, inquisitive mind, and
determination linked with 

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flexibility, as well as the goal
to be attained. 

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These qualities also allowed 
Hiram to foresee the obstacles, 

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likely to hinder its attainment,
and the methods needed to 

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overcome them. 
Hiram was constantly 

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demonstrating value through his 
ability to understand the big 

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picture, his energy and focus 
would be centered on goals and 

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objectives. 
Instead of self-preservation, 

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there must have been a kind of 
Amity between the two kings and 

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their Chief Architect. 
It is likely that in the 

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communal life of King Solomon's 
kingdom. 

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Hiram Abiff was one of the inner
circle of friends with whom the 

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two kings encircled themselves. 
Leadership has sometimes been 

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described as taking people to a 
place, they would not normally 

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go on their own. 
Once a sound strategic planning 

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process has determined what that
place should be. 

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It is the leaders Prime and 
fundamental responsibility to 

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assure that the full resources 
of the organization are 

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effectively brought to bear to 
achieve that destination. 

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Hiram believing in King 
Solomon's Vision. 

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Regardless of how passionately 
was not enough. 

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Hiram must have been able to 
communicate that Vision 

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frequently and effectively he 
needed to be capable of 

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articulating it in different 
ways to different 

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constituencies. 
He needed the ability to take 

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something complicated and make 
it simple. 

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A comparison between two kings, 
King, Solomon and Hiram. 

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King of Tyre is appropriate 
Solomon while generally 

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uninvolved in the details which 
is considered to be a most 

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inspiring leader due to his 
Mastery at conveying Vision in a

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way. 
People could understand. 

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On the other hand, some would 
believe that Hiram king of Tyre 

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was the most intelligent and 
best informed. 

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Yet he is not thought to have 
been an effective leader because

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he wasn't skillful and 
communicating his vision. 

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Hiram could never assume that 
the vision of the temple was 

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fully understood by all he 
understood that he had to be 

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almost missionary in style as he
continually and consistently 

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preached. 
The gospel in doing, so this 

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would allow him to change the 
perception of workers as to what

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was important for them and the 
building of the Temple. 

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Strength and durability of the 
Great temple found in its 

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foundation was through Hiram's 
leadership. 

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What he accomplished in the 
effect he had on those around 

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him is not only in what he was 
but who he was. 

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In fact, if we look Beyond 
certain signs and tokens in what

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we do in masonry, it's driven by
who we are, what we believe in 

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the values that we live. 
By in Masonic ritual, Hiram 

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Abiff personifies, a large, and 
vital part. 

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In the way, we should conduct 
ourselves through our Masonic 

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Endeavors, especially when it 
comes to Leading. 

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He embodies and exemplifies all 
the virtues that Mason's should 

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strive to achieve. 
But above all he symbolizes 

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Integrity, he adhered to a code 
of conduct that embodied all 

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Masonic virtues and gave his 
life rather than break the 

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obligation of that code Masons 
have honored him for this, and 

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00:27:16,100 --> 00:27:18,400
use his example to illustrate. 
The moral lessons of the 

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degrees, the life and death of 
Hiram Abiff could be said to 

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constitute the underpinning of 
Freemasonry. 

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The following article is from 
the August 2004 fraternal 

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review. 
It is written by Ralph her bold 

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Brethren, I read an editorial 
comparing presidential 

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00:27:37,300 --> 00:27:40,600
candidates by Jack Walsh, former
chairman and CEO of General 

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Electric company and one who 
could be considered an expert on

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leadership as he sure was 
successful as leader to him. 

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The four essential traits were 
energy, energized, Edge, and 

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execute It should go without 
saying that one who aspires to 

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the station is Master of the 
lodge should and must have a 

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boundless amount of energy to 
guide a launched through a 

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successful. 
And I don't mean the number of 

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degrees conferred here, he must 
be a tireless worker as we 

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sometimes say in the quarries, 
brings a thought to mine. 

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What could be a greater task 
than that of making Freemasons 

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out of members? 
It should also go without saying

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that he must be able to energize
his fellow officers for without 

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their work. 
And cooperation he would not Be 

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up to accomplishing his goals, 
he cannot do it alone as does 

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the Energizer Bunny. 
He must also be able to energize

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00:28:31,000 --> 00:28:34,800
the Brethren of his lodge and at
the risk of sounding redundant, 

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what better goal than energizing
those Brethren? 

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00:28:37,400 --> 00:28:39,800
It could be coming, true 
Freemasons so they can go out 

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into the world. 
Fully able to communicate the 

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00:28:42,300 --> 00:28:46,600
wonders of our craft to their 
friends and other contacts. he 

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00:28:46,600 --> 00:28:49,700
cannot leave this up to the 
catechism coaches as they can 

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00:28:49,700 --> 00:28:53,600
only lay the foundation on which
to build to be blunt. 

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00:28:53,600 --> 00:28:56,700
Catechism coaching alone does 
not make Freemasons out of 

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members. 
The master should have the edge,

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00:28:59,700 --> 00:29:03,000
the ability to make tough 
decisive decisions and then 

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00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:06,900
execute do in this gives others 
the confidence that he is more 

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than up to the task of leading, 
his lodge Welch. 

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00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:13,400
Goes on to say that if the 
candidate has the for he's look 

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00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:16,300
for a final treat Passion by 
that. 

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00:29:16,300 --> 00:29:19,800
I mean a heartfelt deep and 
authentic excitement about life 

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00:29:19,800 --> 00:29:22,300
and work people with passion 
care. 

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Really care in their bones about
neighbors employees, colleagues,

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00:29:25,700 --> 00:29:28,300
and Friends winning. 
They love to learn and grow 

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00:29:28,300 --> 00:29:31,000
themselves and they get a kick 
when people around them, do the 

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00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:35,900
same repeated for emphasis learn
to love and grow for. 

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00:29:35,900 --> 00:29:38,500
You cannot be enthusiastic about
something, you know, little 

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00:29:38,500 --> 00:29:43,200
about I'll paraphrase Welsh's 
conclusion, but I'm enough of a 

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00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:45,800
realist to know that no matter 
who gets elected at the end of 

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the day, we all win. 
If he could move this great 

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00:29:48,600 --> 00:29:51,800
fraternity, forward only a real 
leader can do that. 

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Return Lee Ralph a her bold. 
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