The Genius Of Masonry Or A Defence Of The Order Containing Some Remarks On The Origin And History The Uses And Abuses Of The Science PDF Download

Excerpt from The Genius of Masonry: Or a Defence of the Order, Containing Some Remarks on the Origin and History; The Uses and Abuses of the Science, With Some Notices of Other Secret Societies in the United States, in Three Lectures Be it remembered, That on the 22d day of October, 1828, and in the fifty-third year of the Independence of the United Sates of America, Samuel L. Knapp, of said District, deposited in this Office, the title of a book, the right whereof he claims as proprietor, in the following words, viz: "The Genius of Masonry, or a Defence of the Order, containing some remarks on the origin and history; the Uses and Abuses of the Science, with some notices of other Secret Societies in the United States, in three Lectures, by Samuel L. Knapp." Lo this, we have searched it, so it is, hear it, And know thou it, for thy good -Job v. "7." In conformity to an act of Congress of the United States, entitled "An Act for the encouragement of learning by securing the copies of Maps, Charts and Books to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the time therein mentioned, and also to an Act entitled "An Act for the encouragement of learning, by securing the copies of Maps, Charts and Books to the authors and proprietors of such copies, during the times therein mentioned, and extending the benefit thereof to the art of designing, engraving and etching historical or other prints." About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.