| Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1910 - 994 pages
...Sadler's Moronic Facts and Fictions. '"A peculiar system of Morality, veiled in Allegory and illust rated by Symbols " (old definition of Freemasonry). •...the laudable character of the society and provided for its continuance on definite lines. Sweden 1773. In most of these countries Grand Lodges were subsequently... | |
| Hugh Chisholm - Encyclopedias and dictionaries - 1910 - 988 pages
...to the history of the rival Grand Lodge or Atholl Masons, Sadler's Masonic Facts and Fictions. 4 " A peculiar system of Morality, veiled in Allegory...British House of Commons in 1799 and 1817, in acts oí parliament, specifically recognized the laudable character of the society and provided for its... | |
| Jews - 1929 - 562 pages
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| 1911 - 556 pages
...Constitutions. If the landmarks were enumerated there, Freemasonry wo aid. not be Freemasonry, viz., "A peculiar system of morality veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols." That, Î think, is the reason why the Original Grand Lodge did not publish a list of landmarks, and... | |
| Albert Gallatin Mackey - 1912 - 508 pages
...practice." The definition in the English Lectures is most often quoted, which says that "Freemasonry is a peculiar system of morality veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols." But a more comprehensive and exact definition is, that it is a science which is engaged in the search... | |
| Albert Gallatin Mackey - 1912 - 508 pages
...practice." The definition in the English Lectures is most often quoted, which says that "Freemasonry is a peculiar system of morality veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols." But a more comprehensive and exact definition is, that it is a science which is engaged in the search... | |
| Andrew Edward Breen - Catholics - 1916 - 356 pages
...signification. According to the official rituals of the craft in the various nations Freemasonry means 'a peculiar system of morality, veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols.' The Allgemeines Handbuch der Freimaurerei, Leipzic, defines Freemasonry to be 'the activity of closely... | |
| Albert Gallatin Mackey - Freemasonry - 1916 - 504 pages
...practice." The definition in the English Lectures is most often quoted, which says that "Freemasonry is a peculiar system of morality veiled in allegory and illustrated by symbols." But a more comprehensive and exact definition is, that it is a science which is engaged in the search... | |
| Samuel Couling - China - 1917 - 666 pages
...the Creator of the Universe need not be discussed, but historic research shows plainly enough that "a peculiar system of morality, veiled in allegory, and illustrated by symbols," has existed from time immemorial. China's own records, — the finest, best, and most complete in the... | |
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