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 WEISHAUPTThese should therefore be our chief study; we should insinuate ourselves into their good opinion
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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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The public is accustomed to it, expects little from it and therefore takes little notice of it.
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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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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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Let this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose
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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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And then all the objections urged against it by jealous tyranny and affrighted superstition will vanish.
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G is Grace, the Flaming Star is the Torch of Reason.
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The priest and the unlettered lord of his family, and Reason will be the code of laws to all mankind.
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Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe?
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We may turn the public mind which way we will.
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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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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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