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.
ADAM WEISHAUPTBut alas, they are all sadly deficient, because they leave us under the domination of political and religious prejudices
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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.
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For the Order wishes to be secret and to work in silence
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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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Those who possess this knowledge are indeed Illuminati.
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It was the full conviction of this, and of what could be done,
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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 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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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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We may turn the public mind which way we will.
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Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe?
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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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We must endeavour to win him over, or decry him.
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For they will only be indulging their own desire of personal admiration.
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Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe?
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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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