Who would imagine that I was to be the founder of a new religion.
ADAM WEISHAUPTOh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe?
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Of its origin, of its history, of its object, nor any explanation of its mysteries and symbols, which does not leave the mind in total uncertainty on all these points.
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We must endeavour to win him over, or decry him.
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In another situation, and in an active station in life,
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Give them hints of emancipation from the tyranny of public opinion, and of standing up for themselves;
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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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Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.
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None is fitter than the three lower degrees of Freemasonry
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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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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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And then all the objections urged against it by jealous tyranny and affrighted superstition will vanish.
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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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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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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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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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My explanation is accurate and complete, my means are effectual, and irresistable.
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And they are as inefficient as the sleepy dose of an ordinary sermon.
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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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My general plan is good, though in the detail there may be faults.
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Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe?
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For the Order wishes to be secret and to work in silence
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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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The revolution which is about to break will be sterile if it is not complete.
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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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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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I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati.
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