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THE BUILDERS

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

[c. 1914]

Scanned at sacred-texts.com, January 2005. Proofed by John Bruno Hare. This text is in the public domain. These files may be used for any non-commercial purpose provided this notice of attribution is left intact in all copies.

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COPYRIGHT, 1914

BY JOSEPH FORT NEWTON

First Printing, December, 1914

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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

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