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The Symbolism of Freemasonry: XVII. Ritualistic Symbolism

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We have hitherto been engaged in the consideration of these simple symbols, which appear to express one single and independent idea. They have sometimes been called the "alphabet of Freemasonry," but improperly, I think, since the letters of the alphabet have, in themselves, unlike these masonic symbols, no significance, but are simply the component parts of words, themselves the representatives of ideas. These masonic symbols rather may be compared to the elementary characters of the Chinese…