Gould, Robert Freke, 1836-1915 · New York : Macoy Publishing and Masonic Supply Co. · leaf 160
lergy, has, I think, been greatlyexaggerated. Nevertheless, it was a prevalent theorythat the nations of Western Europe were thrown into astupor towards the end of the tenth century, believingthe end of the world to be at hand. That when thedreaded year looo a.d. came and went harmlessly, andthe… … MASTER, WARDEN AND APPRENTICE. being a cosmopolitan body, were under one head andworked with one aim in every country; that these monkstrained a body of men, a kind of lay brethren, to buildfor them, called Freemasons; and that these, like theirmasters (or superior brethren), were also…
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