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HISTORY
ANYIEYr AID ACCEPTED SCOTTISH KITE.
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The following pages are not intended to give a lull
and elaborate history of the Ancient and Accepted Scot-
tish Kite; space cannot he spared in a work intended
only as a monitor or handbook for the guidance and
instruction of those having an interest in the Kite ;—yet
it is deemed proper and expedient to insert a brief his-
tory for the information of those who might not have
the opportunity of searching and examining a subject
claiming so much interest.
The antiquity of Freemasonry and its ancient history
are evidently involved in fable, and the few authentic
historians whose works are extant, have thrown but
little light upon the subject. The opinions of those
who have written on Freemasonry have differed with
regard to its origin as an organized institution.
Dr. Robison, who, it is well known, labored to identify
Freemasonry with Illuminism, ascribed its origin to the
association of Dionysian artificers; Chevalier Ramsay
has endeavored to prove that it arose during the Cru