Masons

The stones (as I have found by a close attention to the thorough repair, or rather renewal of 10 miles of the Rastenstown Turnpike,) are small enough to make a smooth & firm road, when they will pass thro a reng of two & a half inches diameter; they are broken by the perch, what we call the Masons perch 24 feet 9 inches solid measure.

Letters to and from Jefferson, 1826 1826

ADC has forged a partnership to receive training in best practices of masonry preservation by Scottish Masons from the historic Scotland Technical Conservation Group — an executive agency of the Scottish Government.

ADC YouthBuild Hosts Stone Masons « 2010

Little Albert and other well known grimoires; the most that follows from his narrative is that certain Italian Masons, probably atheists at heart, pose as partisans of Satan simply to accentuate their derisions of all religious ideas, much after the manner of Voltaire in some of his cynical correspondence.

Devil-Worship in France or The Question of Lucifer Arthur Edward Waite 1899

In the 19th century, the Masons were the favorite scapegoat of frightened jingoists who found themselves at the mercy of history and wanted someone to blame for their problems.

Boing Boing 2008

Going from the Catholic Church to the Masons is a bit like going from the Empire to the Trade Federation, but at least they are cloaked in some level of mystery.

Dan Brown's Day Tripp 2009

The Masons are a fraternal society dedicated to self-improvement and charitable works.

The Wait of the World's on Dan Brown 2008

Who'd a thought the Masons were a bunch of occult, demonic, Satanic, vicious hell-bent skunks?

Archive 2008-04-01 Anne Johnson 2008

Who'd a thought the Masons were a bunch of occult, demonic, Satanic, vicious hell-bent skunks?

How I Got My Grandpa Back Anne Johnson 2008

He later issued a letter alleging that Jews, not the Masons were the guilty party.

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The Duties of the Class of _Instructors_, that is, the Masons of the

Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry Albert Pike 1850