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Jasper Godwin Ridley, FRSL (25 May 1920 – 1 July 2004) was a British writer, known for historical biographies. He received the 1970 James Tait Black Memorial Prize for his biography of Lord Palmerston .
Lipson, Dorothy Ann. Freemasonry in Federalist Connecticut, 1789-1835 (Princeton UP, 1977). online; Mackey, Albert Gallatin. The History of Freemasonry, Vol. 6 (Masonic History Co., NY, 1898) pages 1485-1486 online membership by state 1898; Ridley, Jasper. The Freemasons (1999), wide-ranging global popular history; for US topics see index p 338 ...
A writer in the Freemasons' Quarterly Review in 1839 claimed Nelson and his servant, Tom Allen, were Freemasons, but gives no evidence to support his claim. Hamon Le Strange, in his History of Freemasonry in Norfolk, says that among the furniture of the Lodge of Friendship No. 100, at Yarmouth , there is a stone bearing an inscription to Nelson.
In 1848, Henry L. Valance allegedly confessed on his deathbed to taking part in Morgan's murder, a purported event recounted in chapter two of Reverend C. G. Finney's anti-Masonic book The Character, Claims, and Practical Workings of Freemasonry (1869). [34] In October 1827, a badly decomposed body washed up on the shores of Lake Ontario. Many ...
Historian Jasper Ridley says that Freemasonry is "the world's most powerful secret Society". [5] The organization "Opus Dei" (Latin for "Work of God") is portrayed as a "secret society" [6] [7] [8] of the Catholic Church. Critics such as the Jesuit Wladimir Ledóchowski sometimes refer to Opus Dei as a Catholic (or Christian or "white") form of ...
There are a number of libraries that collect and display books and items related to Freemasonry. Notable libraries, sometimes coupled with a museum, include: Notable libraries, sometimes coupled with a museum, include:
Karyn Hascal, The Healing Place’s president and CEO, said she would never allow Suboxone in her treatment program because her 12-step curriculum is “a drug-free model. There’s kind of a conflict between drug-free and Suboxone.” For policymakers, denying addicts the best scientifically proven treatment carries no political cost.
Historian Jasper Ridley argues that Freemasonry is, "the world's most powerful secret Society". The logical thinking: The principle of secrecy with the obligation of confidentiality and the hierarchical initiation system implies that there must necessarily be secrets kept, otherwise it would be an open community like any other.