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he would not tolerate them in our open forum. Yet, when the test had passed and a conclusion was reached,
he held no rancor in his breast, but with tolerance and submission yielded where to have longer stood out
would wound. He believed and lived that sentiment, which he incorporated in his message as Grand
Master:

"Brave minds howe'er at war are secret friends. Their generous discord with the battle ends; In peace they
wonder whence dissention rose, And ask how friends so like could e'er be foes." This Most Worshipful
Grand Lodge has thus had for years the benefit of one of Washington's leading jurists, one of her most
distinguished citizens, one of her clearest thinkers, one of her most fearless men and one of her most truly
Masonic members,—all in this lovable brother, who was never too busy to speak a kindly greeting, or to
yield an attentive ear to the humblest of our Craft. He loved us all and he never divorced himself from any
of us. He had worn the purple of authority, and truly it graced his shoulders, but it never changed his heart
nor' affected his head. He lived and died truly a member of the Craft.

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