It was the full conviction of this, and of what could be done,
ADAM WEISHAUPTBy establishing reading societies, and subscription libraries, and taking these under our direction, and supplying them through our labors
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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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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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The revolution which is about to break will be sterile if it is not complete.
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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 hankering of the mind is irresistible.
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For thus it is better secured from the oppression of the ruling powers, and because this secrecy gives a greater zest to the whole.
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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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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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These should therefore be our chief study; we should insinuate ourselves into their good opinion
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In a state of liberty and moral equality, freed from the obstacles which subordination, rank, and riches, continually throw in our way.
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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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I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati.
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The great strength of our Order lies in its concealment.
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And they are as inefficient as the sleepy dose of an ordinary sermon.
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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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