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Excerpt from History of Oriental Consistory: S. P. R. S. 32⁰ and Co-Ordinate Bodies of the Ancient Accepted Scottish Rite in the Valley of Chicago, From July, 1856, to May 1st, 1893 The antiquity of Freemasonry and its ancient history are evi dently involved in fable, and the few authentic historians whose works are extant, have thrown but little light upon the subject. The opinions of those who have written on Freemasonry have differed with regard to its origin as an organized institution. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.