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Article THE REVELATIONS OF A SQUARE. ← Page 9 of 20 →
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The Revelations Of A Square.
of the Craft . And to SIIOAV his learning , he asserted in his preface that 'from the accepted Masons sprang the real Masons , from both sprang the Gormagons , whose Grand Master , the Pol g i , deduces his ori g inal from the Chinese , Avhose writings , if to be credited , maintained the hypothesis of the Pre-Adamites , and consequently must be more
antique than Masonry ! The most free and open society is that of the Grand Kaiheber , which consists of a select company of responsible people , Avhose chief discourse is concerning trade and business , and promoting mutual friendshi p without compulsion or restriction . ' !!! " What do you think of this , sir ? Was not this information trul y wonderful ? The public thought so . They said— ' It must be this—it can be nothing else ; it is , as Ave
aiAvays supposed , a whimsical cheat , supported by great names to seduce fools , who , once gulled out of their money , keep the fraud secret to draw in others . ' And accordingl y the book had an enormous and rapid sale , for four editions were called for in the first year of its publication , so open is poor John Bull to imposition . Its success stimulated
others to folloAV in the same track , and three or four pretended revelations of Masonic secrets issued from the press simultaneousl y . " It AA as now considered necessary to disabuse the public mind ; and for this purpose Dr . Anderson Avas directed by the Grand Lodge in 1738 to prepare a defence of the Order against the calumnies Avhich had been so industri-
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
The Revelations Of A Square.
of the Craft . And to SIIOAV his learning , he asserted in his preface that 'from the accepted Masons sprang the real Masons , from both sprang the Gormagons , whose Grand Master , the Pol g i , deduces his ori g inal from the Chinese , Avhose writings , if to be credited , maintained the hypothesis of the Pre-Adamites , and consequently must be more
antique than Masonry ! The most free and open society is that of the Grand Kaiheber , which consists of a select company of responsible people , Avhose chief discourse is concerning trade and business , and promoting mutual friendshi p without compulsion or restriction . ' !!! " What do you think of this , sir ? Was not this information trul y wonderful ? The public thought so . They said— ' It must be this—it can be nothing else ; it is , as Ave
aiAvays supposed , a whimsical cheat , supported by great names to seduce fools , who , once gulled out of their money , keep the fraud secret to draw in others . ' And accordingl y the book had an enormous and rapid sale , for four editions were called for in the first year of its publication , so open is poor John Bull to imposition . Its success stimulated
others to folloAV in the same track , and three or four pretended revelations of Masonic secrets issued from the press simultaneousl y . " It AA as now considered necessary to disabuse the public mind ; and for this purpose Dr . Anderson Avas directed by the Grand Lodge in 1738 to prepare a defence of the Order against the calumnies Avhich had been so industri-