Those who possess this knowledge are indeed Illuminati.
ADAM WEISHAUPTAnd then all the objections urged against it by jealous tyranny and affrighted superstition will vanish.
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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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I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati.
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The head of every family will be what Abraham was, the patriarch
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Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe?
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We may turn the public mind which way we will.
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I did not bring Deism into Bavaria more than into Rome.
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We must win the common people in every corner.
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Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe?
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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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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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My general plan is good, though in the detail there may be faults.
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The hankering of the mind is irresistible.
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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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Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.
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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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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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In another situation, and in an active station in life,
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We must endeavour to win him over, or decry him.
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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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The revolution which is about to break will be sterile if it is not complete.
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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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For the Order wishes to be secret and to work in silence
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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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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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For they will only be indulging their own desire of personal admiration.
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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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