The revolution which is about to break will be sterile if it is not complete.
ADAM WEISHAUPTAnd then all the objections urged against it by jealous tyranny and affrighted superstition will vanish.
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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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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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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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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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It was the full conviction of this, and of what could be done,
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My explanation is accurate and complete, my means are effectual, and irresistable.
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These should therefore be our chief study; we should insinuate ourselves into their good opinion
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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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I should have been keenly occupied, and the founding of an order would have never come into my head.
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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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When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished.
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We must win the common people in every corner.
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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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Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe?
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