The history of freemasonry : its legends and traditions, its chronological history (1906)
Mackey, Albert Gallatin, 1807-1881, Hughan, William James, 1841-1911, Singleton, William Reynolds, 1819-1901. History of the symbolism of freemasonry, the Ancient and Accepted Scottish rite and the Royal Order of Scotland · New York : Masonic History Co. · leaf 23
s the well-settled and carefully nourished prejudices ofsome will be shocked by any attempt to expose the fallacies andfalsehoods which have too long tarnished the annals of Freemasonry.But such an attempt cannot, if it be successfully pursued, but com-mand the approval of all who believe with… … N the study of Freemasonry there are two kindsof statements which are presented to the mindof the inquiring scholar, which are sometimesconcurrent, but much oftener conflicting, intheir character. These are the historical and the traditional,each of which appertains to Freemasonry as wemay consider…
