I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati.
ADAM WEISHAUPTSalvation 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 this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose
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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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For the Order wishes to be secret and to work in silence
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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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I should have been keenly occupied, and the founding of an order would have never come into my head.
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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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These should therefore be our chief study; we should insinuate ourselves into their good opinion
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It will be an immense relief to their enslaved minds to be freed from any one bond of restraint
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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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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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But I have contrived an explanation which has every advantage; is inviting to christians of every communion; gradually frees them from all religious prejudices
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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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Let it never appear in any place in its own name but always covered by another name and another occupation.
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G is Grace, the Flaming Star is the Torch of Reason.
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Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.
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