BERTRAND RUSSELL – A FREEMASON’S VIEW OF LIFE

The British philosopher, essayist, social critic and Freemason Bertrand Russell, who is best known for his work in mathematical logic and analytic philosophy wrote in “the Scientific Outlook” in 1931:

On those rare occasions, when a boy or girl who has passed the age at which it is usual to determine social status shows such marked ability as to seem the intellectual equal of the rulers, a difficult situation will arise, requiring serious consideration. If the youth is content to abandon his previous associates and to throw [himself] whole-heartedly with the rulers, he may, after suitable tests, be promoted. But if he shows any regrettable solidarity with his previous associates, the rulers will reluctantly conclude that there is nothing to be done with him except to send him to the lethal chamber before his ill-disciplined intelligence has had time to spread revolt.

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