Freemasonry, is committed to the principle of the Commonwealth, the application
to the field of government and social policy of the law of human brotherhood, of the
duty of man to his neighbor,... More > near and far, wherein lies our only hope of a world fit for
free men to live in, where fraternity can flourish and the spirit of goodwill grow and
be glorified. Surely, in a world torn by strife and divided by so many feuds of race, religion, and
nationality, we have a right to rejoice in a fellowship, at once free, gentle, and
refining, which spans all distances of space and all differences of speech, and brings
men together by a common impulse and inspiration in mutual respect and brotherly
regard. Truly it needs no philosopher to discern that such a fraternity, the very
existence of which is a fact eloquent beyond words; and doubly so because, by its very genius, Freemasonry is
international, and therefore ought to be responsive to the ideal of world-fellowship.< Less
