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On Freemasonry.
tell us , was ninety feet high , is said to have been cast from the precious metal rifled out of Solomon ' s Temple ; and was afterwards deposited in this tower , together with the holy vessels that remained entire . The palace was ei ght miles in circumference , and contained , what the Greeks termedthe hanging gardenswhich consisted of immense
, , artificial terraces , one above another , to the height of 350 feet , erected on massive stone arches , and covered with mould deep enough to afford nutriment to the largest forest trees . On the uppermost terrace was an aqueduct , which drew water from the river to supply the whole garden . The construction of the banks of the river was a work of
such amazing magnitude , that their reparation afterwards baffled the power of Alexander the Great . The mural embankments were intended to prevent the damage frequentl y sustained by the periodical overflowing of the river Euphrates in the summer season . They were built of brick and cement ; founded below the bed of the riverand
car-, ried a considerable height above the surface of the ground ; their common thickness being ninety feet . At the end of each street a brazen gate was inserted in the walls , and the communication between the east and west town was carried
on by means of boats . The last great work accomplished by these artists in Babylon , was the construction of an aqueduct , also for the purpose of preventing inundations ; and it was consequently made of a sufficient capacity to contain all the superfluous waters of the river , It was a square of forty miles , making 160 miles in circumference , and twelve The
yards deep . part which the Israelites bore in these works was an excellent preparation for the rebuilding of their city and temple , when the appointed days of their captivity should expire . To enumerate all the successful exertions of Masonic genius which distinguished the Brethren of ancient times , would volumesThe
occupy . perfection which the science , even at this period , had attained , may be understood , without having recourse to details which would fextend this paper beyond its prescribed limits . The heads only of the architectural riches of antiquity , are sufficient to display the merits of a science which was estimated hihly bthe
very g y nomadic tribes spread over the surface of the globe . The great Watch Tower , built by order of Ptolemy Philadelphus , in the island of Pharos , near Alexandria , was an amazing triumph ofthe Masonic science . It is said to have been 600 feet square , and so lofty that it was visible , in a
Note: This text has been automatically extracted via Optical Character Recognition (OCR) software.
On Freemasonry.
tell us , was ninety feet high , is said to have been cast from the precious metal rifled out of Solomon ' s Temple ; and was afterwards deposited in this tower , together with the holy vessels that remained entire . The palace was ei ght miles in circumference , and contained , what the Greeks termedthe hanging gardenswhich consisted of immense
, , artificial terraces , one above another , to the height of 350 feet , erected on massive stone arches , and covered with mould deep enough to afford nutriment to the largest forest trees . On the uppermost terrace was an aqueduct , which drew water from the river to supply the whole garden . The construction of the banks of the river was a work of
such amazing magnitude , that their reparation afterwards baffled the power of Alexander the Great . The mural embankments were intended to prevent the damage frequentl y sustained by the periodical overflowing of the river Euphrates in the summer season . They were built of brick and cement ; founded below the bed of the riverand
car-, ried a considerable height above the surface of the ground ; their common thickness being ninety feet . At the end of each street a brazen gate was inserted in the walls , and the communication between the east and west town was carried
on by means of boats . The last great work accomplished by these artists in Babylon , was the construction of an aqueduct , also for the purpose of preventing inundations ; and it was consequently made of a sufficient capacity to contain all the superfluous waters of the river , It was a square of forty miles , making 160 miles in circumference , and twelve The
yards deep . part which the Israelites bore in these works was an excellent preparation for the rebuilding of their city and temple , when the appointed days of their captivity should expire . To enumerate all the successful exertions of Masonic genius which distinguished the Brethren of ancient times , would volumesThe
occupy . perfection which the science , even at this period , had attained , may be understood , without having recourse to details which would fextend this paper beyond its prescribed limits . The heads only of the architectural riches of antiquity , are sufficient to display the merits of a science which was estimated hihly bthe
very g y nomadic tribes spread over the surface of the globe . The great Watch Tower , built by order of Ptolemy Philadelphus , in the island of Pharos , near Alexandria , was an amazing triumph ofthe Masonic science . It is said to have been 600 feet square , and so lofty that it was visible , in a