It is said that Peter Gower studied geometry in Greece for seven years, then studied Masonry for five years in Egypt, and then he was taken to Babylon where he contemplated Masonry for three more years.
Later, when he lived in Italy, many desired to meet with him and ask questions. But when Peter Gower received visitors, which wasn’t often, he seldom answered their questions.
One day a fifty-year-old craftsman said to Peter Gower: "I have studied Masonry since I was a young man, but there is one thing I still cannot understand. Masonry claims that the Temple was raised without the sound of axe, hammer or any tool of metal. To me this seems very unlikely."
"Of what use is it to speculate how the Temple was raised?" asked Peter Gower. "The question is how you yourself can become so. Did you ever consider that?"
"I never thought of it in that way," marveled the old craftsman.
"Then go to your lodge and get to work," finished Peter Gower.