For thus it is better secured from the oppression of the ruling powers, and because this secrecy gives a greater zest to the whole.
ADAM WEISHAUPTEvery 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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For the Order wishes to be secret and to work in silence
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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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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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I declare and I challenge all mankind to contradict my declaration, that no man can give any account of the order of Freemasonry
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The head of every family will be what Abraham was, the patriarch
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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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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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Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.
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Let this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose
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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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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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For they will only be indulging their own desire of personal admiration.
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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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Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.The hankering of the mind is irresistible.
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When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished.
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