The Mission of 



code that had not for its foundation 

 at least a belief of its correctness 

 on the part of the member mak- 

 ing it. This was regarded as too 

 much elasticity in the quality of the 

 belief required. The matter seems to 

 have been finally adjusted in a manner 

 expressed in the motto: "In essentials 

 — truthfulness; in non-essentials — re- 

 ciprocal latitude." If it is objected 

 that there may be great difficulty and 

 perplexity in determining what are 

 essentials and what non-essentials un- 

 der this rule, it should be remem- 

 bered that no human arrangements, 

 especially those involving morals and 

 ethics, can be made to fit all emer- 

 gencies. 



In any event, great comfort is to be 

 found in the absolute certainty that 

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