Secret Societies - A Discussion of Their Character and Claims #249452

1. Secret associations are of very ancient origin. They existed among the ancient Egyptians, Hin doos, Grecians, Romans, and probably among nearly all the pagan nations of antiquity. This fact, how ever, is neither, proof of their utility nor of their harmlessness. Slavery, despotism, cruelty, drunken ness, falsehood, and all sorts of sins and crimes have.