"Freemasonry has endured not because of its antiquity, its influence, or its social standing, but because there
have been so many who have lived it. The effectiveness of Masonic teachings will always be the measure by which
the outside world judges Freemasonry; the proof of Freemasonry is in our deeds and it is in our deeds that
Freemasonry is made known to non-Masons. The only way that the Craft can be judged is by its product.
The prestige of Freemasonry lies squarely on the shoulders of each of us."
~G. Wilbur Best, Extracted from the Southern California Research Lodge,'Fraternal Review', May 2004