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Is
that
not
so
?
"
said
the
Rhetor
,
after
a
moment
's
pause
.
"
Yes
,
yes
,
"
assented
Pierre
.
The
Rhetor
cleared
his
throat
,
crossed
his
gloved
hands
on
his
breast
,
and
began
to
speak
.
"
Now
I
must
disclose
to
you
the
chief
aim
of
our
Order
,
"
he
said
,
"
and
if
this
aim
coincides
with
yours
,
you
may
enter
our
Brotherhood
with
profit
.
The
first
and
chief
object
of
our
Order
,
the
foundation
on
which
it
rests
and
which
no
human
power
can
destroy
,
is
the
preservation
and
handing
on
to
posterity
of
a
certain
important
mystery
...
which
has
come
down
to
us
from
the
remotest
ages
,
even
from
the
first
man
--
a
mystery
on
which
perhaps
the
fate
of
mankind
depends
.
But
since
this
mystery
is
of
such
a
nature
that
nobody
can
know
or
use
it
unless
he
be
prepared
by
long
and
diligent
self-purification
,
not
everyone
can
hope
to
attain
it
quickly
.
Hence
we
have
a
secondary
aim
,
that
of
preparing
our
members
as
much
as
possible
to
reform
their
hearts
,
to
purify
and
enlighten
their
minds
,
by
means
handed
on
to
us
by
tradition
from
those
who
have
striven
to
attain
this
mystery
,
and
thereby
to
render
them
capable
of
receiving
it
.
"
By
purifying
and
regenerating
our
members
we
try
,
thirdly
,
to
improve
the
whole
human
race
,
offering
it
in
our
members
an
example
of
piety
and
virtue
,
and
thereby
try
with
all
our
might
to
combat
the
evil
which
sways
the
world
.
Think
this
over
and
I
will
come
to
you
again
.
"
"
To
combat
the
evil
which
sways
the
world
...
"
Pierre
repeated
,
and
a
mental
image
of
his
future
activity
in
this
direction
rose
in
his
mind
.
He
imagined
men
such
as
he
had
himself
been
a
fortnight
ago
,
and
he
addressed
an
edifying
exhortation
to
them
.
He
imagined
to
himself
vicious
and
unfortunate
people
whom
he
would
assist
by
word
and
deed
,
imagined
oppressors
whose
victims
he
would
rescue
.
Of
the
three
objects
mentioned
by
the
Rhetor
,
this
last
,
that
of
improving
mankind
,
especially
appealed
to
Pierre
.
The
important
mystery
mentioned
by
the
Rhetor
,
though
it
aroused
his
curiosity
,
did
not
seem
to
him
essential
,
and
the
second
aim
,
that
of
purifying
and
regenerating
himself
,
did
not
much
interest
him
because
at
that
moment
he
felt
with
delight
that
he
was
already
perfectly
cured
of
his
former
faults
and
was
ready
for
all
that
was
good
.
Half
an
hour
later
,
the
Rhetor
returned
to
inform
the
seeker
of
the
seven
virtues
,
corresponding
to
the
seven
steps
of
Solomon
's
temple
,
which
every
Freemason
should
cultivate
in
himself
.
These
virtues
were
:
1
.
Discretion
,
the
keeping
of
the
secrets
of
the
Order
.
2
.
Obedience
to
those
of
higher
ranks
in
the
Order
.
3
.
Morality
.
4
.
Love
of
mankind
.
5
.
Courage
.
6
.
Generosity
.
7
.
The
love
of
death
.
"
In
the
seventh
place
,
try
,
by
the
frequent
thought
of
death
,
"
the
Rhetor
said
,
"
to
bring
yourself
to
regard
it
not
as
a
dreaded
foe
,
but
as
a
friend
that
frees
the
soul
grown
weary
in
the
labors
of
virtue
from
this
distressful
life
,
and
leads
it
to
its
place
of
recompense
and
peace
.
"
"
Yes
,
that
must
be
so
,
"
thought
Pierre
,
when
after
these
words
the
Rhetor
went
away
,
leaving
him
to
solitary
meditation
.
