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THE theory that connects the royal house of the Stuarts with Freemasonry, as an Institution to be cultivated, not on account of its own intrinsic merit, but that it might serve as a political engine to be wielded for the restoration of an exiled family to a throne which the follies and even the crimes of its members had forfeited, is so repugnant to all that has been supposed to be congruous with the true spirit and character of Freemasonry, that one would hardly believe that such a theory was ever seriously entertained, were it not for many too conclusive proofs of the fact.
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illicit colleges, skillful smith, guild brother, masonic writers, mediaeval guilds, operative art, operative masonry, chief builder, exiled family
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Middle Ages, Hiram Abif, King Solomon, Legend of the Craft, Rose Croix, Royal Society, Colleges of Artificers, King of Tyre, Speculative Masons, Grand Master, Craft Guilds, Leland Manuscript, Gentleman's Magazine, King Henry, House of Solomon, Roman Catholic, Elias Ashmole, Grand Lodge of England, Bodleian Library, Charles Edward, Charles Martel, Fama Fraternitatis, King Hiram, New Atlantis, Stuart Masonry
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