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W.M. Why so?

S.W. The better to serve as a safe deposit for the archives of Masonry
against all conflagrations and inundations.

W.M. How high were they?

S.W. Thirty-five cubits each.

W.M. How were they adorned?

S.W. With chapiters of five cubits, making in all forty cubits in height.

W.M. How were these adorned?

S.W. With lily-work, network and pomegranates.

W.M. What do they denote?

S.W. Peace, unity and plenty.

W.M. Why so?

S.W. The lily by its purity, and the retired situation in which it grows,
denotes peace; the network, by the intimate connection of its parts, de-
notes unity; the pomegranates, by the exuberance of their seed, denote
plenty.

W.M. How were they further adorned? What are their uses? What do
they further denote?

S.W. With globes on their tops, representing the terrestrial and
celestial spheres. These globes are two artificial, etc. (See page 102)
by which society has been so much benefited. They also denote the
universality of the earth.

W.M. After passing the porch, where did you

next arrive?

S.W. At a flight of winding stairs, consisting of three, five and seven
steps.

W.M. To what does the number three allude?

S.W. To the first three degrees of Masonry, and also to the three
principal officers of the Lodge.

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