FOREWORD
For any Masonic Brother to gather and present Masonic information and Masonic History in a manner, such as is herewith displayed reveals his sincere interest in and his deep seated loyalty to the principles of Freemasonry.
In writing this book Brother H. L. Haywood has exemplified the quotation that, "The talent of success is nothing more than doing what you can, well."
Those who have been privileged to read other works by Brother Haywood have verified the fact that lie is unexcelled in this field of Masonic writing.
This volume, while complete in itself, as is his former book "The Newly Made Mason," could be considered a sequel to that book; actually there is a logical sequence of thought, and a thread of Masonic continuity skillfully carried throughout the two volumes.
In addition to being rich in Masonic information, Biblical, Medieval and Ancient history, this volume, also fully covers the accepted concept of Freemasonry as of the present day.
It is with real pleasure that we present this, the latest works of this author, to the Brethren of the Craft.
THE MASONIC HISTORY COMPANY
L. B. BLAKE TORE, President
PREFACE
"The proper study of mankind is man." - Pope
"When Masons come to speak about that which is finest in their Fraternity, about that which is nearest to being what religion is elsewhere, which moves on high, reaches level with the most exalted plateaus of thought, they begin to look anxiously about them to make sure that they keep their feet on the ground; they are great believers in masculinity, and hold it to be one of the best things in a man, and it too belongs to masculinity to dread those flights of idealistic fancy which blow the sails away. But there is in the whole universe no better place on which to stand than on the ground, and there is nothing higher or better anywhere than sanity, good sense, and sound wisdom, and there is no better life possible in any earth or in any heaven than the life of work; but while our law is a set of rules and regulations for workmen, and our Landmarks are drawn close to the ground, we are as free as other men to believe that there are great things in man; we bracket together the question - what do you believe about man? with the question what do you believe about God? because one is as important to us as the other. We say in our Rituals, "There is a Grand Lodge above." We know what we mean by that saying.
We do not mean that after we have changed our way of being and are no longer in this world that we shall find a Grand Lodge, with a Grand Master presiding over it; we do not mean that it is our picture of "heaven"; we believe that there is nothing better in this world than to be a man, and to be in fellowship with other men, and we do not believe that there will be anything better in any other world."
H. L. HAYWOOD
Quoted from his chapter on Anthropology
in "More About Masonry"
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