Excerpt from A System of Speculative Masonry, in Its Origin, Patronage, Dissemination, Principles, Duties, and Ultimate Designs, Laid Open for the Examination of the Serious and Candid: Being a Course of Lectures, Delivered Before the Grand Chapter of the State of New-York, at Their Annual Meetings, Held in Temple Chapter Room, in the City of Albany The public are informed, that the' following pages were originally prepared in separate addresses, only to be exhibited before Masons. That the author had not the most distant idea of their appearing in print. Not that he thought some publica tion, of a similar nature, might not be ex ceedingly important; but that it should Cflme from one better able to (injustice to a subject of so much public interest. 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.