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True, Incensed that Atticus would so flagrantly violate the norms and I many classic books become classic customs of society by standing with such a man at the bar of motion pictures, known, watched, justice, Ewell snarls, “What kind of man are you, Mr. Finch?” and loved for generations. Marga- What kind of man are you, Mr. Finch? There you have it. The ret Mitchell’s Gone with the Wind, rest of the story is consumed in answering that most penetrat- later adapted for the screen with ing of questions. And that’s the hook that caught me and Clark Gable and Vivian Leigh, makes the book ever fresh on my many trips through its pages. comes to mind as does Mario I see a point of commonality here with Freemasonry. What Puzo’s The Godfather, brought kind of man are you, Mr. Finch? Substitute your name, if you to life by Al Pacino and Marlon please. What kind of man are you, Mr. ? This is the pri- Brando. How about Frank Baum’s mary question that Masonry, in all its forms, asks its votaries. The Wonderful Wizard of Oz later From the newly initiated Entered Apprentice through his Craft Ronald A. Seale, 33° memorialized by Judy Garland Lodge journey and his trek across the many appendant and and a cast of all stars? Who among affiliated orders, Scottish Rite included, Masonry again and us did not grow up following Charlton Heston’s Moses as he did again confronts him with this most haunting question of self battle with Yul Brenner’s Pharaoh inThe Ten Commandments . examination. What . kind . of . man . are . you??? and we know The Book where that story is found. In the deep recesses of your heart, the place that no one else I know, I know—this list is SO dated, but it is MY list, thank sees, what kind of man are you? What do you value above all you very much! Later generations lost themselves in J. K. else? What do you know for sure? What are you willing to bet Rowlings’s Harry Potter and spent many a Saturday afternoon your life on? To take a beating for? Within the answers to these at Hogwarts with Daniel Radcliffe and Emma Watson. J. R. R. questions lies the answer in part to Bob Ewell’s question. As Tolkien’s The Lord of the Rings casts the same spell as always, Atticus Finch struggles to answer, so do we. and Elijah Wood and others on the silver screen make it a treat Yet Masonry asks a second and equally important ques- to travel to far away and unimaginable places in our minds. tion. What kind of man would you like to be? I have always After watching one of these classics for the thousandth seen Masonry as optimistic by nature. Indeed, where we find time, I will often remark to my wife, “They don’t make them ourselves is not where we are consigned to remain. Builders like that anymore!” As for the books that precede the film, I often feel an acute sense of sadness as the last page is turned since the characters and plot I have always seen Masonry as optimistic by nature. have become so real to me. It’s hard to let them go. Indeed, where we find ourselves is not where we are Nowhere is this more true for me than with consigned to remain. Builders are never static. Harper Lee’s 1960 Pulitzer Prize winning novel, To Kill A Mockingbird, adapted in 1962 for the screen. Gregory Peck portrayed small town lawyer Atticus Finch as seen are never static. Brick upon brick, stone upon stone, so is the through the eyes of his young daughter, Jean Louise, also known Temple built. To quote the prophet Isaiah, “precept upon as “Scout” and marvelously personified by Mary Badham. precept, line upon line, here a little, there a little.” I have been a fan of this novel and film for so many years. It would And that is the task that each of us is engaged in every day be easy to explain my continued devotion to this literary work as a that we are blessed to see another sunrise – improving ourselves result of my earlier legal career. Set in the 1930s, it tells the story of a and becoming the men that we hope to be. For me, as with many small town lawyer defending a man in a criminal case when some in of you, Freemasonry is a valuable resource in my life, placing in the town look with disfavor on and are hostile to his efforts. my hands the tools and keeping before my eyes the designs on In the film, there is a line that is central to the development the trestleboard. Perhaps greatest of all, I am placed in the com- of the plot and young Scout’s growing understanding of her pany of good men who labor in the quarry with me. father. Outside the courtroom, Atticus is approached by the Let us continue to build—together. 2 THE SCOTTISH RITE JOURNAL November/December 2013 2013 BIENNIAL SESSion FORWARD MARCH! j 2013 Vesper Service Message i W. Kenneth Lyons, Jr., 33°, Grand Cross This leads me to my favorite passage of scripture. Matthew Grand Chaplain of the Supreme Council 19:26 states that, “with God all things are possible.” For us in Scottish Rite there is no other place to begin. The impossibili- here are many seeming impossibilities in our ties that I listed are impossible as long as we stay on the level of world.