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THE GROUNDSWELL. 



He wins from his fellow, if he can. The higher his social 

 and intellectual nature is developed, the less liable is he to 

 depart from strict honesty and descend to meanness or 



A Farm Scene. 



downright dishonesty. Fair and honorable dealing marks 

 the true business man ; deceit and fraud belong only to the 

 sharper and swindler. 



THE SECRET NATURE OF THE ORDER. 



It was considered necessary to the permanency of the 

 organization, early in the inception of the Order, that its 



