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Symbols:
1. all-seeing eye
2. hourglass
3. apron
4. endless cord / cabletow
5. endless cord / cabletow
6. column Jachin with globe
7. square & compass with letter G
8. column Boaz with globe
9. mosaic pavement
10. level
11. plumb line
12. 24-inch gauge, gavel, trowel
13. acacia
Chapter 4 - Signs & Symbols
As an explanation why the trowel is an appropriate implement for the Master
Mason's Degree, Oliver states that "in operative masonry, while the E.A.P.
prepares the materials, and the Fellowcraft places them in their proper situation,
the Master Mason spreads the cement with a trowel, which binds them
together." 421
4.2.4 The Plumb Rule & the Level
Q: [...] How did you and I first meet?
A: On the S[quare]..
Q: How do we hope to part?
A: On the L[evel].
Q: Why meet and part in this peculiar manner?
A: As Masons we should so act on the one as to be enabled to part
on the other with all mankind, more particularly our brethren in
Masonry. 422
The above-quoted part from an old catechism of the Entered Apprentice
Degree explains the provenance of the famous Masonic saying "to meet upon the
421
GHCD, p. 689.
422
Anonymous ("Compiled by a member of the Craft."), The Text Book of Freemasonry from 1881,
p. 47.