‘What’s in it for me?’
Thursday, January 1, 1750
A recent applicant to Freemasonry understandably asked “What’s in it for me?” Benjamin Franklin, a Freemason in the 1700s, offered this reply: “ “Masonic labor is purely a labor of love. He who seeks to draw Masonic wages in gold and silver will be disappointed. The wages of a Mason are earned and paid in