Война и мир

Chapter 4

           Theywereverylong,andPierre,fromjoy,agitation,andembarrassment,wasnotinastatetounderstandwhatwasbeingread.Hemanagedtofollowonlythelastwordsofthestatutesandtheseremainedinhismind.

           “Inourtempleswerecognizenootherdistinctions,”readtheGrandMaster,“butthosebetweenvirtueandvice.Bewareofmakinganydistinctionswhichmayinfringeequality.Flytoabrother’saidwhoeverhemaybe,exhorthimwhogoethastray,raisehimthatfalleth,neverbearmaliceorenmitytowardthybrother.Bekindlyandcourteous.Kindleinallheartstheflameofvirtue.Sharethyhappinesswiththyneighbor,andmayenvyneverdimthepurityofthatbliss.Forgivethyenemy,donotavengethyselfexceptbydoinghimgood.Thusfulfillingthehighestlawthoushaltregaintracesoftheancientdignitywhichthouhastlost.”

           Hefinishedand,gettingup,embracedandkissedPierre,who,withtearsofjoyinhiseyes,lookedroundhim,notknowinghowtoanswerthecongratulationsandgreetingsfromacquaintancesthatmethimonallsides.Heacknowledgednoacquaintancesbutsawinallthesemenonlybrothers,andburnedwithimpatiencetosettoworkwiththem.

           TheGrandMasterrappedwithhismallet.AlltheMasonssatdownintheirplaces,andoneofthemreadanexhortationonthenecessityofhumility.

           TheGrandMasterproposedthatthelastdutyshouldbeperformed,andthedistinguisheddignitarywhoborethetitleof“CollectorofAlms”wentroundtoallthebrothers

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