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.
ADAM WEISHAUPTOf 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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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 did not bring Deism into Bavaria more than into Rome.
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Who would imagine that I was to be the founder of a new religion.
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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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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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Those who possess this knowledge are indeed Illuminati.
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For they will only be indulging their own desire of personal admiration.
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It is necessary to gain the common people to our order. The best means to that end is influence in the schools.
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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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Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe?.
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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 am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati.
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We must win the common people in every corner.
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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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We may turn the public mind which way we will.
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And they are as inefficient as the sleepy dose of an ordinary sermon.
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There is no way of influencing men so powerfully as by means of the women.
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It was the full conviction of this, and of what could be done,
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My general plan is good, though in the detail there may be faults.
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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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For thus it is better secured from the oppression of the ruling powers, and because this secrecy gives a greater zest to the whole.
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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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The priest and the unlettered lord of his family, and Reason will be the code of laws to all mankind.
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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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Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.
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