I did not bring Deism into Bavaria more than into Rome.
ADAM WEISHAUPTAnd then all the objections urged against it by jealous tyranny and affrighted superstition will vanish.
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When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished.
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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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The great strength of our Order lies in its concealment.
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Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.
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I found it here, in great vigour, more abounding than in any of the neighboring Protestant States.
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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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Let it never appear in any place in its own name but always covered by another name and another occupation.
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I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati.
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And they are as inefficient as the sleepy dose of an ordinary sermon.
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None is fitter than the three lower degrees of Freemasonry
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Who would imagine that I was to be the founder of a new religion.
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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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For they will only be indulging their own desire of personal admiration.
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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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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.
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