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PREFATORY.
The three chivalric degrees of Knight Kadosh, In
quisitor Commander, and Prince of the Royal Secret
»re intimately connected, and form the Templar degrees
of the Ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite.
The labors of Masonry are well-nigh ended, so far as
instruction is concerned,—the virtues of the Order are
rehearsed, and the reward for a due reverence of the
obligations and a retention and observance of the vows
and tenets of the Institution is accorded.
We now approach the Holy Empire, which signifies
the attainment of the science and power of the Magi.
The four words of the Magi are, To Know, to Dare,\o
Will, to be Silent, and are written in the four symbolic
forms of the Sphynx.
The accomplishment of these degrees brings us to the
completion of the third Temple ; and the Royal Secret
is solved, as to whether we have made this world a
Temple fit for the abiding-place of the Grand Architect
of the universe.