The wider tolerance is needed in ideas and opinions, asserting itself as the first condition of life and Masonic activity, and as necessary to postulate that the differences between the ideas do not hinder the achievement of solidarity and a spirit of brotherhood that always should prevail among Masons.
Let each one strive individually and in concert with the possibilities of their intelligence and make the best and wisest use of his knowledge, but take care not to criticize others, either because he does not understand them or because they do not understand because always occurs a case, and frequently both at once.
Every honest opinion deserves to be respected for that reason even though there may be disagreement on its merits. True freedom of thought is measured by the freedom that each individual knows the other grant.
The difference of ideas should never produce as a result of lack of sympathy and even less of antipathy between two brothers: those who do lack the duties of Masons.
It should rather try to understand and identify each other as best as possible with the opposite view. Any antipathy is essentially a lack of understanding, while understanding and sympathy are synonymous.
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