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Chapter 7

           

           InthethirdcategoryheincludedthoseBrothers(themajority)whosawnothinginFreemasonrybuttheexternalformsandceremonies,andprizedthestrictperformanceoftheseformswithouttroublingabouttheirpurportorsignificance.SuchwereWillarskiandeventheGrandMasteroftheprincipallodge.

           Finally,tothefourthcategoryalsoagreatmanyBrothersbelonged,particularlythosewhohadlatelyjoined.TheseaccordingtoPierre’sobservationsweremenwhohadnobeliefinanything,nordesireforanything,butjoinedtheFreemasonsmerelytoassociatewiththewealthyyoungBrotherswhowereinfluentialthroughtheirconnectionsorrank,andofwhomtherewereverymanyinthelodge.

           Pierrebegantofeeldissatisfiedwithwhathewasdoing.Freemasonry,atanyrateashesawithere,sometimesseemedtohimbasedmerelyonexternals.HedidnotthinkofdoubtingFreemasonryitself,butsuspectedthatRussianMasonryhadtakenawrongpathanddeviatedfromitsoriginalprinciples.Andsotowardtheendoftheyearhewentabroadtobeinitiatedintothehighersecretsoftheorder.

           Inthesummerof1809PierrereturnedtoPetersburg.OurFreemasonsknewfromcorrespondencewiththoseabroadthatBezúkhovhadobtainedtheconfidenceofmanyhighlyplacedpersons,hadbeeninitiatedintomanymysteries,hadbeenraisedtoahighergrade,andwasbringingbackwithhimmuchthatmightconducetotheadvantageoftheMasoniccauseinRussia.

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