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http://www.featherstonelodge.co.uk/measure-man/ :

The Very Measure of a Man

A Charge To The Fraternity by Benjamin Franklin

“The mason square doth clear the air of folly and deception
The rule is straight, the angle clear, for greatness has direction
By the compasses abide the points within so far and wide
No pleasure sway nor profit tempt these bounds of Mason pride

Greatness, what your virtues are good deeds practiced wide and far
And that secret of Masonic love is learning who you really are
For the great Book knows what man can’t hide
A life that’s measured from inside

And on that book
That oath we took
And we will break it never
But stand by this, and this, and this
Forever and forever”