Excerpt from The Freemasons: What They Are, What They Do, What They Are Aiming At The French word les profanes had to be trans lated by the English word profane men, or simply the profane. Yet, profane, in English, is gener ally applied to a man who uses profane language; in French, it means, as used in this work, a man not worthy, or, at least, not yet fit - to be a member of a Society an outsider. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.