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inspection.
Q. What followed?
A. The Master Overseer called together his
brother Overseers and held a consultation,
observing that it was neither a regular oblong nor
a square; neither had it the mark of any of the
workmen upon it; nor did they know that which
was upon it, and concluding it unfit for use,
agreed to heave it over among the rubbish.
Q. What followed?
A. The Senior Grand Warden informed King
Solomon that the Temple was nearly completed,
but the workmen were nearly at a stand for the
want of a certain "key-stone," which none of
them had had orders to furnish.
Q. What followed?
A. King Solomon observed that that particular
piece of work had been assigned to one Grand
Master Hiram Abiff; and, from his known skill
and punctuality, he no doubt had completed it
agreeable to the original design; ordered inquiry
to be made of the Overseers, to see if any piece of
work bearing a certain mark had been presented
for inspection.
Q. What followed?
A. On inquiry being made it was found that there
had; but it being neither a regular oblong nor a
square, nor had it the mark of any of the
workmen upon it; and they, not knowing that
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