The great strength of our Order lies in its concealment.
ADAM WEISHAUPTLet this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose
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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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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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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 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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It was the full conviction of this, and of what could be done,
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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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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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Let it never appear in any place in its own name but always covered by another name and another occupation.
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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 they will only be indulging their own desire of personal admiration.
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We may turn the public mind which way we will.
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In another situation, and in an active station in life,
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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 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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