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by W.Bro. ALAIN BERNHEIM 33°

RAMSAY AND HIS DISCOURS REVISITED

Paper delivered to the installation meeting of The Lodge of Research CC, GL of Ireland.
Dublin, the 8th February 2003.


 

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Ramsay was a worthy man ; but he caused much amusement by his starchy airs, by his affectation in parading learning and wit in company, by the insipid compliments with which he overwhelmed the ladies; in a word, he was a Scots pedant.

Abbé Irailh [1]

 

The exoneration of the Chevalier Ramsay from all share in the propagation of the Higher Degrees so favoured on the Continent has come late ; but it has come completely. Its completeness is due to the learned labours of Dr. W. Begemann...

Chetwode Crawley [2]

 

Un Ecossais dont l’histoire est obscure.

Albert Chérel [3]

 


[1]           A younger contemporary of Ramsay quoted after Chérel in Henderson 1952 : 233.

[2]           AQC 26 (1913) : 63.

[3]           Quoted in Henderson 1952 : 228.