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THE

FREEMASON'S MONITOR.

PART I.

BOOK I.

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CHAPTER I.

Origin of Masonry, and its general Advan

tages.

FROM the commencement of the world, we may trace the foundation of masonry.* Ever since symmetry began, and harmony displayed her charms, our order has had a being. During many ages, and in many different countries, it has flourished. In the dark periods of antiquity, when literature was in a low state, and the rude manners of our forefathers withheld from them that knowledge we now so amply share, masonry diffused its influence. This science unveiled, arts arose,

* Masonry and Geometry are sometimes used as synoni

mous terms.

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