I declare and I challenge all mankind to contradict my declaration, that no man can give any account of the order of Freemasonry
ADAM WEISHAUPTAnd then all the objections urged against it by jealous tyranny and affrighted superstition will vanish.
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In another situation, and in an active station in life,
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For the Order wishes to be secret and to work in silence
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My general plan is good, though in the detail there may be faults.
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We must win the common people in every corner.
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By establishing reading societies, and subscription libraries, and taking these under our direction, and supplying them through our labors
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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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But alas, they are all sadly deficient, because they leave us under the domination of political and religious prejudices
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Of its origin, of its history, of its object, nor any explanation of its mysteries and symbols, which does not leave the mind in total uncertainty on all these points.
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G is Grace, the Flaming Star is the Torch of Reason.
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I found it here, in great vigour, more abounding than in any of the neighboring Protestant States.
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Those who possess this knowledge are indeed Illuminati.
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The human race will then become one family, and the world will be the dwelling of Rational Men.
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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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A Literary Society is the most proper form for the introduction of our Order into any state where we are yet strangers.
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And they are as inefficient as the sleepy dose of an ordinary sermon.
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