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The Builders

By Joseph Fort Newton

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A STORY AND STUDY

OF MASONRY

BY

JOSEPH FORT NEWTON, LITT. D.

GRAND LODGE OF IOWA

When I was a King and a Mason—
  A master Proved and skilled,
I cleared me ground for a palace
  Such as a King should build.
I decreed and cut down to my levels,
  Presently, under the silt,
I came on the wreck of a Palace
  Such as a King had built!
                       —KIPLING

 

CEDAR RAPIDS IOWA

THE TORCH PRESS

NINETEEN FIFTEEN

To

The Memory of

THEODORE SUTTON PARVIN

Founder of the Library of the Grand Lodge of Iowa, with Reverence and Gratitude; to

LOUIS BLOCK

Past Grand Master of Masons in Iowa, dear Friend

and Fellow-worker, who initiated and inspired

this study, with Love and Goodwill; and

to the

YOUNG MASONS

Our Hope and Pride, for whom

this book was written

With

Fraternal Greeting