Secret Societies: A Discussion of Their Character and Claims

1867 study written by three noted Victorian authors: Edward Beecher, Jonathan Blanchard and Rev. David MacDill. "Secret associations are of very ancient origin. They existed among the ancient Egyptians, Hindoos, Grecians, Romans, and probably among nearly all the pagan nations of antiquity. This fact, however is neither proof of their utility nor of their harmlessness. Slavery, despotism, cruelty, drunken falsehood, and all sorts of sins and crimes have been practiced from time immemorial, but are none the less to be reprobated on that account."Beecher, Edward is the author of 'Secret Societies: A Discussion of Their Character and Claims', published 2007 under ISBN 9781406537192 and ISBN 1406537195.