The Symbolism of Freemasonry
THE SYMBOLISM OF FREEMASONRY: ILLUSTBATING AND EXPLAINING gm ,irizurz and Qhilusuphy, its yzqmds, ' iitytlm, mul §ymhulK. PR* v" f 4l'=~*` ." » A 5 oi Q BY Q "Fo ALBERT G. MACKEY, M. D., Avmon or "Lexicon or Fam-:MAsoxnv," "'mx'r-noox or nmsomc .nm1sx>xzuDENcE," " cnnvrxc mAsom<Y," arc., arc. "Ea anim qua: scribuntur tria habers decent, uttlitalem przsenlnn, csrtum jinem, inezpugnabile fundamcntum." Cn.DANUs. NEW YORK: CLARK AND MAYNARD, 5 BARCLAY STREET. 1869. A26 "gms Entered, soeordlng to Act of Congress, ln the year 1809, by ALBERT G. MACKEY, In the Clerk'| Omce of the District Court ofthe District of South Carolina. lu|ntypedst¢lmBo|mn8tereotypeFoundry, No.l9Spr|n¢h.m. T0 GENERAL JOHN C. FREMONT. MY DEAR Sm: While any American might be proud of associating his name with that of one who has done so much to increase the renown of his country, and to enlarge the sum of human knowledge, this book is dedicated to you as a slight testimonial of regard for your personal char- acter, and in grateful recollection of acts of friendship. Yours very truly, A. G. MACKEY. 'Q _ "agggiafggffy .§a@&s§f» . éa W - |AR Y "ovrn¢ U NIVERSYYY ¢AL|r?;av\" PREFACE. OF the various modes of communicating instruction to the uninformed, the masonic student is particularly interested ln two; namely, the instruction by legends and that by symbols. It is to these two, almost exclusively, that he is indebted for all that he knows, and for all that he can know, of the philosophic system which is taught in the institution.
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