"Palinurus" Quotes from Famous Books
... are the pole-stars of a Mason, the Dioscuri, by never losing sight of which he may avoid disastrous shipwreck. These Palinurus watched, until, overcome by sleep, and the vessel no longer guided truly, he fell into and was swallowed up by the insatiable sea. So the Mason who loses sight of these, and is no longer governed by their beneficent and potential force, is lost, ... — Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry • Albert Pike |