THE

RATIONALE AND ETHICS

OF

FREEMASONRY;

OR,

THE MASONIC INSTITUTION CONSIDERED AS A MEANS OF SOCIAL
AND INDIVIDUAL PROGRESS.

ROBT. MACOY, 29 BEEKMAN STREET.
CLARK, AUSTIN & SMITH, 3 PARK ROW.

1859.

Entered according to act of Congress, in the year 1858, by

ROBERT MACOY,

In the Clerk's office of the District Court of the United States, for the Southern District of New York.

ADAPTATION OF FREEMASONRY TO THE WANTS AND CIRCUM-

STANCES OF YOUNG MEN,

CHAPTER VI.

FREEMASONRY IN HARMONY WITH THE SPIRIT OF THE AGE AND

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CHAPTER IX.

THE LESSON OF INITIATION,

235

CHAPTER X.

OBLIGATIONS TO EACH OTHER, AND TO THE World,

241

THE LODGE A MEANS OF INTELLECTUAL AND MORAL IMPROVEMENT, - 257

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CHAPTER XIV.

THE DUTY OF PIOUS MEN IN REGARD TO FREEMASONRY,

CHAPTER XV.

262