WM - Do you further seriously declare that you are prompted to solicit those privileges by a favourable opinion preconceived of the Institution, a general desire for knowledge and a sincere wish to render yourself more extensively serviceable to your fellow creatures?
The reasons behind each individual candidate’s decision to join Freemasonry are many and varied. Sometimes it is due to a favourable opinion preconceived of the Institution, or because of an act of charity and benevolence by a Freemason that has inspired admiration, or as in times past, a desire to seek out perceived lost knowledge from the ancient civilisations.
