To my mind, what that says is that he was not duly and truly prepared. Obviously, ritual varies, but most I'm familiar with have something to the effect of being prepared in your heart before seeking admission. In the age of the internet, if a man is looking for an organization for self improvement and/or deeper philosophy/esoteric teachings/the mysteries/whatever you want to call it, it wouldn't take him long to come across a wikipedia page on the Freemasons. If he hasn't ever heard of us, then he probably wasn't interested in what we do. In which case, in my opinion, he doesn't belong here.