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On Freemasonry.
ON FREEMASONRY .
ON THE SKILL OF ANCIENT MASONS IN THE SCIENCE OF ARCHITECTURE . BY THE REV . G . OLIVEK , D . D . IN taking a view of Operative Masonry throughout the ancient worldthe field is so wideand the prospect so
, , varied , that in such desultory notices as consist with the pages of a periodical work , a bird's-eye view only can be exhibited . Wherever the science of Architecture flourished , it was a sure token of superior intelligence and refinement ; which always accompanied the progress of those eminent Masons who dispersed themselves into various countries
after the Temple at Jerusalem was completed ; and diffused the blessings of civilization and science in _ every p lace where their attainments were prized , and their services properly estimated . After the Jewish captivity under Nebuchadnezzar , great improvements in architecture were accomplished ; and to this monarch the Assyrians were indebted for many of their most superb buildings . He had a taste for vastness and strength ; and these qualities were
magnificently exhibited in the palaces , walls , and gardens of Babylon . In this city , several monuments of art were completed which excited the astonishment of mankind , and rendered the architects famous in history . The walls of the city were sixty miles in circumference , 318 feet high , and 81 and
feet thick . The city was built in the form of a square , the walls were surrounded by a broad and deep ditch , which was always full of water . Each of the four sides contained twenty-five gates of massive brass , whence proceeded the streets , which intersected each other at right angles , and were each of them fifteen miles in length , and from to The river
continued in a direct line gate gate . Euphrates entered the city at the north side , and divided it into two parts . The old Tower of Babel was enlarged by the erection of immense buildings round it , and beautified with the plunder of Jerusalem : even the brazen vessels , and the two pillars , Jacliin and Boaz , were melted down to furnish metal for the gates . The massive golden image set up in the plains of Dura , which , our scriptures VOT ,. VI . ^ H
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On Freemasonry.
ON FREEMASONRY .
ON THE SKILL OF ANCIENT MASONS IN THE SCIENCE OF ARCHITECTURE . BY THE REV . G . OLIVEK , D . D . IN taking a view of Operative Masonry throughout the ancient worldthe field is so wideand the prospect so
, , varied , that in such desultory notices as consist with the pages of a periodical work , a bird's-eye view only can be exhibited . Wherever the science of Architecture flourished , it was a sure token of superior intelligence and refinement ; which always accompanied the progress of those eminent Masons who dispersed themselves into various countries
after the Temple at Jerusalem was completed ; and diffused the blessings of civilization and science in _ every p lace where their attainments were prized , and their services properly estimated . After the Jewish captivity under Nebuchadnezzar , great improvements in architecture were accomplished ; and to this monarch the Assyrians were indebted for many of their most superb buildings . He had a taste for vastness and strength ; and these qualities were
magnificently exhibited in the palaces , walls , and gardens of Babylon . In this city , several monuments of art were completed which excited the astonishment of mankind , and rendered the architects famous in history . The walls of the city were sixty miles in circumference , 318 feet high , and 81 and
feet thick . The city was built in the form of a square , the walls were surrounded by a broad and deep ditch , which was always full of water . Each of the four sides contained twenty-five gates of massive brass , whence proceeded the streets , which intersected each other at right angles , and were each of them fifteen miles in length , and from to The river
continued in a direct line gate gate . Euphrates entered the city at the north side , and divided it into two parts . The old Tower of Babel was enlarged by the erection of immense buildings round it , and beautified with the plunder of Jerusalem : even the brazen vessels , and the two pillars , Jacliin and Boaz , were melted down to furnish metal for the gates . The massive golden image set up in the plains of Dura , which , our scriptures VOT ,. VI . ^ H