And then all the objections urged against it by jealous tyranny and affrighted superstition will vanish.
ADAM WEISHAUPTBut alas, they are all sadly deficient, because they leave us under the domination of political and religious prejudices
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Let this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose
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Who would imagine that I was to be the founder of a new religion.
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Our secret association works in a way that nothing can withstand, and man shall soon be free and happy.
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In a state of liberty and moral equality, freed from the obstacles which subordination, rank, and riches, continually throw in our way.
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This will be obtained chiefly by means of the schools, and by open, hearty behavior, show, condescension, popularity, and toleration of their prejudices, which we shall at leisure root out and dispel.
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But alas, they are all sadly deficient, because they leave us under the domination of political and religious prejudices
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Salvation does not lie where strong thrones are defended by swords, where the smoke of censers ascend to heaven or where thousands of strong men pace the rich fields of harvest.
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Let it never appear in any place in its own name but always covered by another name and another occupation.
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If every man were placed in the office for which he was fitted by nature and a proper education, which first suggested to me the plan of Illumination.
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I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati.
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My general plan is good, though in the detail there may be faults.
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And it will fire them the more, and cause them to work for us with zeal, without knowing that they do so.
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And they are as inefficient as the sleepy dose of an ordinary sermon.
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It was the full conviction of this, and of what could be done,
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In another situation, and in an active station in life,
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