Secret Societies a Discussion of Their Character And Claims
The book Secret Societies a Discussion of Their Character And Claims was written by author David Macdill Jonathan Blanchard Edward Beecher Here you can read free online of Secret Societies a Discussion of Their Character And Claims book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Secret Societies a Discussion of Their Character And Claims a good or bad book?
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187, 219, 284. ) Other associations employ similar titles; indeed, Masonry, as the oldest association, seems to have been copied after by the rest. The Odd-fellows have almost the same parades, shows, and titles as the Masons, 62 SECRET SOCIETIES. They have their aprons, ribbons, rosettes, and drawn swords; and they endeavor, by these and other clap-trap means, to recommend their associa tion as a grand affair. They, too, have their Right Worthy Grand Lodge, Most Worthy Grand Master, Right Wort...hy Grand Secretary, Right Worthy Grand Treasurer, Right Worthy Grand Chap lain, etc. We think it strange that men of sense should employ such titles. They would be ridiculous even applied to the greatest and best man that ever lived. They are more ridiculous than the bombas tic titles given to civil officers in barbarous coun tries. The Sublime Porte of Turkey is outdone in this respect by secret associations in the United States. 6. The absurdity of these high-sounding titles and other puerilities is further seen from the char acter of those who compose the associations which employ them.
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