For centuries, many folks held these attributes and practiced them in their daily affairs as a matter of course. No big deal, that was just the way you did things. Right and Wrong were clearly and succinctly defined. No shades of gray.
Freemasons uphold these concepts, sworn oaths to God; they adhere to solemn obligations regarding conduct. Yes, there are many other good men in the world who are not Freemasons, not to dismiss or disregard them. But this here is an essay on the Oldest Fraternity in the world.
Here is a list, I'll post it in parts. You might be surprised who was and is a Mason:
Signers of the Constitution of the United States
Abraham Baldwin
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James McHenry
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Gunning
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James Madison
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John Blair
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Alexander Martin
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William Blount
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Robert Morris
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David Brearley
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William Paterson
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Daniel Carroll
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William Pierce
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William Richardson
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Jonathan Dayton
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Edmund Randolph
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Oliver Ellsworth
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George Read
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Benjamin Franklin
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Roger Sherman
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Elbridge Gerry
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George Walton
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Refus King
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George Washington
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John Langdon
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George Wythe
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John Lansing Jr.
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Signers of the Declaration of Independence
Benjamin Franklin
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John Hancock
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William Hooper
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Richard Stockton
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Matthew Thornton
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George Walton
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William Whipple
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Patriots
John Blair - 1732-1800
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Benjamin Franklin - 1706-1790, statesman, diplomat, author, scientist and printer
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Francis Scott Key-- Wrote our National Anthem
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John Hancock - 1737-1793, merchant, politician and Revolutionary leader
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Rufus King - 1755-1827, politician and diplomat
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Henry Knox - 1750-1806, American Revolutionary soldier and public official
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George Mason - 1725-1792, American Revolutionary statesman
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James Otis - 1725-1783, Famous for "Taxation without representation is tyranny"
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Thomas Paine - 1737-1809, English-born American author & Revolutionary leader
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Peyton Randolph -
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Paul Revere - 1735-1818, American silversmith, engraver and Revolutionary patriot
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Joseph Warren -
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Pioneers
Samuel Colt - 1814-1862, American inventor & manufacturer
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David 'Davy' Crockett - 1786-1836, American politician & frontiersman
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Richard Gatling - 1818-1903, American firearms inventor
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Sam Houston - 1793-1863, American general & politician. Was genuinely born-again late in life.
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William Barret Travis - 1809-36, American military leader, killed at the
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