Excerpt from The Constitutions of the Free-Masons: Containing the History, Charges and Regulations of That Most Ancient and Right Worshipful Fraternity, for the Use of the Lodges
The year l723 forms an important epoch in the history of the Order, and among the Masonic writers of that period there are few more deserving of notice than the author of the "Constitutions of Freemasonry." The Masonic world have already dignified him with the reputation of a classic, and enrolled his name among that select number whose works belong alike to every nation, and are destined to float down the stream of time, untouched by the flood of oblivion, which soon
overtakes the mass of authors, as it does the mass of other men.
"Incredibili industri? - diligentia singulari," said the ancients in their descriptions of individuals eminent for merit; and, indeed, it must be owned that, in his laborious compilations, "extracted from the ancient records of lodges beyond sea" - a work characterized by industry and the love of truth - no writer is more eminently entitled to the encomium than James Anderson. His varied acquirements, deep research, wonderful industry, great experience and boundless resources of knowledge, both practical and theoretical, have done
much to advance the cause of Masonry.
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