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round out the liberal education otherwise taught in the Fellow Craft Degree. Ashlar. Rough ashlar, a stone from the quarry before squaring, a symbol of untutored man. Perfect ashlar, a stone squared and smooth, symbol of enlightened manhood. Perfection is sought by a process of taking away; no stroke of gavel or chisel can add anything to a rough ashlar; it may only remove. Perfection, then, is already within. In the Bible we read that the kingdom of heaven is within us. To reveal it, we must remove the roughness by “divesting or hearts and consciences of the vices and superfluities of life.” Bade/Bad . Told; ordered; requested; directed. Bible. Symbol of the Volume of the Sacred Law. In English speaking countries, it is universally one of the three Great Lights of Masonry. In lands predominately Christian, it is the volume of the Sacred Law, as is its Old Testament to Jews. In other lands, the holy book of the common faith becomes the Great Light upon the Altar. Candidates in California may take their obligations on the sacred book of their own religion, selecting it from a list approved by Grand Lodge. The Volume of the Sacred Law is a silent symbol of a Freemason’s faith in a Great Architect of the Universe. Cable Tow. A cable—a very strong rope—and tow, to pull a great weight or mass; a rope used in

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