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 WEISHAUPTBut 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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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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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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We must endeavour to win him over, or decry him.
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For the Order wishes to be secret and to work in silence
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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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For they will only be indulging their own desire of personal admiration.
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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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These should therefore be our chief study; we should insinuate ourselves into their good opinion
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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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Our secret association works in a way that nothing can withstand, and man shall soon be free and happy.
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When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished.
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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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The great strength of our Order lies in its concealment.
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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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We may turn the public mind which way we will.
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