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.
ADAM WEISHAUPTLet it never appear in any place in its own name but always covered by another name and another occupation.
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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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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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Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.
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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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Who would imagine that I was to be the founder of a new religion.
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We may turn the public mind which way we will.
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And they are as inefficient as the sleepy dose of an ordinary sermon.
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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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Let this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose
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My explanation is accurate and complete, my means are effectual, and irresistable.
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None is fitter than the three lower degrees of Freemasonry
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Cultivates the social virtues; and animates them by a great, a feasable, a speedy prospect of universal happiness,
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If a writer publishes any thing that attracts notice, and is in itself just, but does not accord with our plan
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When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished.
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