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Title: The Builders
A Story and Study of Masonry

Author: Joseph Fort Newton

Release Date: August 15, 2006 [EBook #19049]

Language: English

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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
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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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