The Arcana of Freemasonry (1915) - The Masonic Trowel

THE ARCANA OF FREEMASONRY 109
The passwords for the various degrees
are the
same, or have the same meaning ; the signs and
symbols are the same ; and the Rituals are
identical ; which can be proved by any Brother
who will take the trouble to learn to read the
old hieroglyphic languages. I shall be glad, for
the sake of the Brotherhood generally, when the
intellectual aspects of Masonry have advanced many
degrees beyond what they are now ; but this will,
and can only, be done by persistent individual
labour and effort, for the good
of the Brother-
hood generally, with no reward except the grati-
tude we shall receive from our children's children
when our spirit has joined the Grand Lodge Above.