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8. They may offer suitable books and pictures to the Libraries of the
Profess-Houses of the Order.
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9. Every Brother who may possess mines, land, or houses more than he
can himself constantly occupy, should donate part of such mines or
land, or one or more of such houses to the Order.
10. Property thus given will be administered if he desire it in his
own interest, thus effecting a saving, since large estates are more
economically handled than small. But the Order will use such property
as may happen to lie idle for the moment in such ways as it may seem
good, lending an unlet house (for example) to some Brother who is in
need, or allowing an unused hall to be occupied by a Lodge.
11. (Yet in view of the great objects of the Order, endowment is
welcome.)
12. Every Brother shall show himself solicitous of the comfort and
happiness of any Brother who may be old, attending not only to all
material wants, but to his amusement, so that his declining years may
be made joyful.
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13. Every Brother shall seek constantly to give pleasure to all
Brethren with whom he is acquainted, whether by entertainment or
conversation, or in any other manner that may suggest itself. It will
frequently and naturally arise that love itself springs up between
members of the Order, for that they have so many and sacred interests
in common. Such love is peculiarly holy, and is to be encouraged.
14. All children of Brethren are to be considered as children of the
whole Order, and to be protected and aided in every way by its members
severally, as by its organization collectively. No distinction is to
be made with regard to the conditions surrounding the birth of any
child.
15. There is an especially sacred duty, which every Brother should
fulfil, with regard to all children, those born without the Order
included. This duty is to instruct them in the Law of Thelema, to
teach them independence and freedom of thought and character, and to
warn them that servility and cowardice are the most deadly diseases of
the human soul.
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