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 68
try, . . . the which science is called Masonrye. Remember-ing the tendency of all men to aggrandize their own pursuits, it isnot surprising that the Mediaeval Masons should have believed andsaid that there is no handycraft that is wrought by mans hand butit is wrought by Geometry. In all this… … CHAPTER IX THE LEGEND OF LAMECHs SONS AND THE PILLARS HE traditional history of Masonry now begins, inthe Legend of the Craft, with an account ofthe three sons of Lamech, to whom is attributedthe discovery of all sciences. But the most in-teresting part of the Legend is that in which thestory is…
