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Warrior1256
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Great!
Ripcord22A
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See what i dont get is why the father isnt called the lewis as hes the one doing the lifting?
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Because at the point of entry into the fraternity, the son is nearing up his father in his old age?
Bloke
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I am sure many fathers have wondered the same ! LOL... but I guess, as Glenn says, being at least 18 yo, the traditional view is a man has a duty to look after his parents...
MarkR
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The lewis doesn't lift, the block and tackle do. The lewis is a passive device that the block and tackle attach to so the stone can be lifted.
Bloke
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True. So, why do you think the connection ?
Ripcord22A
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Ok...that just makes.my question if not more so then just as valid....if the block is what is being lifted(candidate) amd the lewis is what the attaches to the stone and allows it to be lifted...why is the father not called the lewis....
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Ripcord22A
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Here is something offered from a brother from my lodge...
"Maybe it's not so much the father acting as the lewis tool to the son, rather it's the son lifting the fraternity up through his dedication to Freemasonry."
And "If the father has traveled from youth to old age, from rough ashlar to perfect ashlar, then the son is moving his father's perfect ashlar into position as the crowning achievement of his father's work. "
Both of these make sense to me
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"Maybe it's not so much the father acting as the lewis tool to the son, rather it's the son lifting the fraternity up through his dedication to Freemasonry."
And "If the father has traveled from youth to old age, from rough ashlar to perfect ashlar, then the son is moving his father's perfect ashlar into position as the crowning achievement of his father's work. "
Both of these make sense to me
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