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The Book of Constitutions of the Ancient Grand Lodge of England
…if Secrecy and Silence be duly considered, they will be found most necessary to qualify a Man for any Business of Importance: If this be granted I am confident that no Man will dare to dispute that Freemasons are superior to all other Men in concealing their secrets from Times immemorial: which the Power of Gold, that often has betrayed Kings and Princes, and sometimes overturned whole empires, nor the most cruel punishments could ever extort the secret (even) from the weakest member of the whole Fraternity.
(Ahiman Rezon) 1756
The yellow Mercedes roared into the driveway of Woodlands House. Its passengers were in good spirits; two days at Springwood had infused them with a kind of contagious bohemian abandon. Norman L
