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.
ADAM WEISHAUPTGive them hints of emancipation from the tyranny of public opinion, and of standing up for themselves;
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We may turn the public mind which way we will.
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For they will only be indulging their own desire of personal admiration.
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I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati.
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Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe?
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In another situation, and in an active station in life,
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We must win the common people in every corner.
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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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It will be an immense relief to their enslaved minds to be freed from any one bond of restraint
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G is Grace, the Flaming Star is the Torch of Reason.
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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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I should have been keenly occupied, and the founding of an order would have never come into my head.
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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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Every man is entitled therefore, to give any explanation of the symbols and a system of the doctrine that he can render palatable.
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And they are as inefficient as the sleepy dose of an ordinary sermon.
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Who would imagine that I was to be the founder of a new religion.
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