The Builders: A Story and Study of MasonryNewton, Joseph Fort
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The Builders: A Story and Study of Masonry
Newton, Joseph Fort
Freemasons
Fellowcraft: points of, 128;
rank of, 131;
degree of, 146
Fichte: a Mason, 232
Findel: list of cartoons, 99 _note_;
on Apprentice degree, 145
Francis of Assist: quoted, 173
Franklin, B.: on Masonic grips, 200;
Masonic items in his paper, 207;
Grand Master of Pennsylvania, 207;
his _Autobiography_, 207 _note_
Frederick the Great: and Masonry, 205 _note_
Free-masons: 87;
why called free, 88;
Fergusson on, 90;
Hallam on, 96;
free in fact before name, 98;
great artists, 99;
cartoons of the church by, 99 _note_;
early date of name, 104 _note_;
not Guild-masons, 118;
contrasted with Guild-masons, 119;
organization of, 136;
degrees among, 142-4
Friendship: Masonry defined as, 240;
genius of Masonry, 284;
in Masonic literature, 285;
the ideal of Masonry, 288;
as a method of work, 291
Fergusson, James: 90;
on temple of Solomon, 191
G: the letter, 159
Garibaldi: 230
Geometry: in Old Charges, 108;
Pythagoras on, 154;
and religion, 154 _note_;
mystical meaning of, 159
Gladden, Washington: quoted, 285
Gloves: use and meaning of, 137 _note_
God: ideas of, 22;
"the Builder," 29;
invocations to in old MSS, 108, _note_;
Fatherhood of, 134;
the Great Logician, 157;
unity of, 176 _note_, 264;
foundation of Masonry, 261;
the corner stone, 262;
Masonry does not limit, 263;
wonder of, 267;
kinship of man with, 270;
friendship for, 284
Goethe: 232
Golden Rule: law of Master Mason, 133;
creed of, 256
Gormogons: order of, parody on Masonry, 209;
swallows itself, 211
Gothic architecture: 120;
decline of, 185
Gould, R.F.: on Regius MS, 106;
on York Assembly, 116 _note_;
on early speculative Masonry, 160
Grand Lodge of all England, 218
Grand Lodge of England: 173;
meaning of organization, 174;
background of, 176;
its attitude toward religion, 177;
organization of, 180;
Lodges of, 181;
facts about, 182;
usages of, 183;
regalia of, 183 _note_;
a London movement, 184;
leaders of, 185;
charity of, 188;
growth of, 202;
prolific mother, 204;
article on politics, 208;
rivals of, 213
Grand Lodge South of Trent, 218
Grand Master: office of, 182;
power of, 202
Green Dragon Tavern: 223;
a Masonic Lodge, 224
Gregory, Pope: and Masons, 113
Grips: in the Mysteries, 47;
among Druses, 78 _note_;
among Masons, 140;
antiquity of, 149 _note_;
number of, 141;
Franklin on, 200;
an aid to charity, 244
Guild-masonry: 98;
invocations in, 108;
not Freemasonry, 118;
truth about, 119;
morality of, 144
Hallam: on Freemasonry, 96;
on Guilds, 118
Halliwell, James: and Regius MS: 104
Hamilton, Alexander: 225
Hammer, House of: 28
_Handbuch_, German: on Masonry, 241
_Harleian MS_: quoted, 126;
in Holme's handwriting, 166
Hermes: named in Cooke MS, 108;
and Pythagoras, 110;
who was he, 194
Herodotus: on Egypt, 10;
referred to in Cooke MS, 107
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