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To The Rev. Geo. Oliver.
aware that an age will not comprehend all the mysteries of antiquity ; and , secondly , in answer to the Rev . Jas . Dallaway , I fearlessly state , that although the word Gothic has been applied to the styles , it is a misnomer , for the word Masonic separating the Mysteries of Eleusis from the
My thos and the Eureka , is in the possession ofthe Craft , who will so use it . This said architecture was well known to the Greeks , but as much appears to be obscured , I give one ofthe diagrams used for the building of relig ious edifices , not only in England ancl Ireland , but the whole continent of Europe .
" What says Vitruvius ? ' Architecture is a science ornamented with much discipline and various learning ; ' and again : ' Proportions of columns employed as porticos , and their symmetry shall not be in the same ratio with sacred edifices . '
" I am well aware since printing has been invented , it has been the practice to decry every thing not recorded in black and white ; but be it remembered , that tradition and legend , however condemned ( although the marvellous sometimes creeps in , from the proneness of the uncultivated to superstition ) , the Roman Catholics continue conjoined with
the historical , and why not Masonry to have the same privilege ? In concluding , I beg to observe , that those remarks are not for the purpose of provoking controversy , as that is not the Masonic character , but merely to correct errors which have gone abroad , as one of the objects in the Craft is to promote Brotherly love ancl harmony ; ancl I cannot resist quoting a passage from our old Constitutions , viz . ' Most regular societies have had ancl will have their own
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To The Rev. Geo. Oliver.
aware that an age will not comprehend all the mysteries of antiquity ; and , secondly , in answer to the Rev . Jas . Dallaway , I fearlessly state , that although the word Gothic has been applied to the styles , it is a misnomer , for the word Masonic separating the Mysteries of Eleusis from the
My thos and the Eureka , is in the possession ofthe Craft , who will so use it . This said architecture was well known to the Greeks , but as much appears to be obscured , I give one ofthe diagrams used for the building of relig ious edifices , not only in England ancl Ireland , but the whole continent of Europe .
" What says Vitruvius ? ' Architecture is a science ornamented with much discipline and various learning ; ' and again : ' Proportions of columns employed as porticos , and their symmetry shall not be in the same ratio with sacred edifices . '
" I am well aware since printing has been invented , it has been the practice to decry every thing not recorded in black and white ; but be it remembered , that tradition and legend , however condemned ( although the marvellous sometimes creeps in , from the proneness of the uncultivated to superstition ) , the Roman Catholics continue conjoined with
the historical , and why not Masonry to have the same privilege ? In concluding , I beg to observe , that those remarks are not for the purpose of provoking controversy , as that is not the Masonic character , but merely to correct errors which have gone abroad , as one of the objects in the Craft is to promote Brotherly love ancl harmony ; ancl I cannot resist quoting a passage from our old Constitutions , viz . ' Most regular societies have had ancl will have their own