We say we make good men better. How do we do that? Why do we want better men? Masonry uses many symbols as you go through the degrees. You learn what they stand for, but that is the extent. Once you receive your Master Mason degree you can just go on your merry way. We are told that if we really want to progress, we should look deeper and within ourselves. It is almost as if being a good man is not enough. You have to be a man that wants to improve and finds ways to accomplish this. The three degrees take us through stages of growth as in life. The Entered Apprentice learns to take a rough stone and turn it to a rough ashler, the fellowcraft learns to take the rough ashler to the perfect ashler, and the master mason learns to take the perfect ashler and place it into the building exactly where it belongs. The preparation tools to do this as entered apprentice are the 24 inch gauge, common gavel, and chisel. The 24 inch gaug...
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