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.
ADAM WEISHAUPTAnd of all illumination which human reason can give, none is comparable to the discovery of what we are, our nature, our obligations, what happiness we are capable of, and what are the means of attaining it.
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We must endeavour to win him over, or decry him.
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For they will only be indulging their own desire of personal admiration.
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We must win the common people in every corner.
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I should have been keenly occupied, and the founding of an order would have never come into my head.
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This is the great object held out by this association; and the means of attaining it is illumination, enlightening the understanding by the sun of reason which will dispell the clouds of superstition and of prejudice.
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Illuminate the opposition.
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The most wonderful thing of all is that the distinguished Lutheran and Calvinist theologians who belong to our order really believe that they see in it (Illuminati) the true and genuine sense of Christian Religion.
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The public is accustomed to it, expects little from it and therefore takes little notice of it.
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It is necessary to gain the common people to our order. The best means to that end is influence in the schools.
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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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Let this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose
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The great strength of our Order lies in its concealment.
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And of all illumination which human reason can give, none is comparable to the discovery of what we are, our nature, our obligations, what happiness we are capable of, and what are the means of attaining it.
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We see with what keenness and zeal the frivolous business of Freemasons is conducted, by persons knit together by the secrecy of their union.
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Those who possess this knowledge are indeed Illuminati.
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