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114 BOOK OF THE A, AND A. RITE.<br />

reception and obligation, is devoted to the same ob«<br />

jects as those of the Elu of the Nine ; and also to<br />

the cause of the oppressed against the oppressor,<br />

and of toleration against intolerance ; that is, to the<br />

cause of human freedom, corporal and mental, against<br />

tyranny exercised over the soul or body.<br />

The assassins of Hiram Abif, whose capture and<br />

execution are recounted in this degree, are the sym-<br />

bols of those special enemies of freedom of the body<br />

and the soul—Ambition, of which tyranny or despot-<br />

ism is born ; and Fanaticism, from which springs<br />

intolerance and persecution. To the objects of this<br />

degree you have irrevocably consecrated yourself,<br />

and whenever in your presence a Chapter of this de-<br />

gree is opened, you will be most impressively remind-<br />

ed of your solemn vows here taken at our altar.

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