History of Freemasonry in Hyderabad (Deccan) (Classic Reprint)

It was the wish, 1am told, of the late Bro. Gribble that I should write a short preface to this history, which he was good enough to dedicate to me. I cannot do otherwise than comply with the wish of a departed Brother, although I have neither the knowledge nor the qualification to write that which would be appropriate. I had hardly any acquaintance with the late Bro. Gribble; indeed I only had the pleasure of meeting him on one or two occasions, but on those occasions and in the course of some correspondence with him on Masonic affairs, I found full confirmation of the tongue of good report which I had heard in his favour as aM ason. But there could be no more conspicuous proof of his devotion to the Craft and of his firm faith in the beneficent effects of our ancient Institution than this very history. No man who had not his whole heart in Freemasonry could possibly have undertaken such a laborious task, and although the writer modestly calls his work a collection of dry bones he has himself imbued it with the life of his own ardent spirit. Those who read this chronological record with attention and knowledge will discern the character of the writer in numerous passing comments and will recognize that he was a historian with a due sense of proportion and great fairness of mind. Bro. Gribble properly viewed Freemasonry as a man of the world, and while he did not claim for the Craft poweis or virtues which no human institution can possess, he fully appreciated the advantages of the ideals which it holds up.
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