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 WEISHAUPTMy general plan is good, though in the detail there may be faults.
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It was the full conviction of this, and of what could be done,
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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 they are as inefficient as the sleepy dose of an ordinary sermon.
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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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When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished.
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By establishing reading societies, and subscription libraries, and taking these under our direction, and supplying them through our labors
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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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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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We see with what keenness and zeal the frivolous business of Freemasons is conducted, by persons knit together by the secrecy of their union.
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The head of every family will be what Abraham was, the patriarch
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Let this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose
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We must win the common people in every corner.
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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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I did not bring Deism into Bavaria more than into Rome.
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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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Our secret association works in a way that nothing can withstand, and man shall soon be free and happy.
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None is fitter than the three lower degrees of Freemasonry
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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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We must endeavour to win him over, or decry him.
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And then all the objections urged against it by jealous tyranny and affrighted superstition will vanish.
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But alas, they are all sadly deficient, because they leave us under the domination of political and religious prejudices
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My general plan is good, though in the detail there may be faults.
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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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It will be an immense relief to their enslaved minds to be freed from any one bond of restraint
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G is Grace, the Flaming Star is the Torch of Reason.
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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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