part in the mystery he only superficially glances at, and sets

aside the really far profounder researches of Nicolai and Murr,
both of whom living in Germany, had so many more soui^ces of
literature upon this question at hand. De Quinccy writes : " The
Temple of Solomon which they professed to build, together with
all the Masonic attributes, pointed collectively to the grand pur-
pose of the society — the restoration of the Temjilar order." De
Quincey had probably not read Bacon's " Holy War," in which
Bacon Avrites like a Knight Temj^lar, introducing the Templar
and Eosicrucian motto or emblem of the Red Cross founded by
Constantine in hoc signo vinces. If he had studied Bacon's " New
Atlantis '' carefully, he would have found that the Tirsan is de-
scribed as having a small red Cross on his turban. John Val
Andreas states : " The Kosicrucians were formed out of the ruins
of the Knight Templars by one faithful brother." Their great
authority was Saint Augustine, and Bacon's fondness for this
author may be discovered by anyone who studies the last
book of the "De Augmentis." Bacon writes : "Notwithstanding
we thought good to set down amongst Deficients as a wholesome
and profitable work a treatise touching the degrees of Unity in
the City of God" (p. 472, Book IX., "Advancement").