PAET FLBST, 



KELATION OF AGEICULTUEE TO PEOGEESS. 



CHAPTEE I. 



ORGANIZATION OF LABOR. 



Order is the condition of all progress; progress is the object of order. It is rational to look 

 at the evolution of society from a historical stand-point.&quot; Auguste Comte. 



THE MASONIC FRATERNITY GUILDS MOVEMENTS OF LABOR IN THE PRESENT CEN 

 TURY THE SPIRIT OF INDUSTRY CONSTRUCTIVE WHAT EQUALITY is How 

 EDUCATION PROMOTES EQUALITY SELF LOVE vs. SOCIAL FEELING MR. 

 SEWARD S OPINION ALL GREAT MOVEMENTS HISTORICAL AS WELL AS PRO 

 GRESSIVE. 



THE history of the Masonic Fraternity is that of the first at 

 tempt of labor to elevate itself by organization. Originally con 

 sisting of a simple association of practical builders, who trav 

 eled from place to place in pursuance of their calling; they 

 gave the name of lodges to their temporary camps, and bound 

 themselves by the solemnities of an oath and ritual to coopera 

 tion and fellowship. The advantages thus gained for defense 

 were equally powerful for improvement the skill of each be 

 came a tangible benefit to all; the offices were elective, and 

 conferred honor upon the most skillful and capable, From 

 this simple beginning, a purely industrial and social order was 

 not only enabled to maintain and extend itself through the 

 most turbulent periods of European history, but to become a 

 teacher of democratic and religious principles, and to exercise 

 in many cases a controlling influence upon the policy of govern 

 ments. In process of time, actual participation in a particular 

 calling was no longer required, a symbolic representation of the 

 underlying truths and principles of the order, sufficing to pre 

 serve its unity and usefulness. 

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