For they will only be indulging their own desire of personal admiration.
ADAM WEISHAUPTAnd 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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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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We must win the common people in every corner.
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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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I found it here, in great vigour, more abounding than in any of the neighboring Protestant States.
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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 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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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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If every man were placed in the office for which he was fitted by nature and a proper education, which first suggested to me the plan of Illumination.
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When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished.
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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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Who would imagine that I was to be the founder of a new religion.
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It was the full conviction of this, and of what could be done,
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But alas, they are all sadly deficient, because they leave us under the domination of political and religious prejudices
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And they are as inefficient as the sleepy dose of an ordinary sermon.
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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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