My general plan is good, though in the detail there may be faults.
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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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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The public is accustomed to it, expects little from it and therefore takes little notice of it.
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The priest and the unlettered lord of his family, and Reason will be the code of laws to all mankind.
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G is Grace, the Flaming Star is the Torch of Reason.
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I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati.
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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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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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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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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 explanation is accurate and complete, my means are effectual, and irresistable.
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This is the great object held out by this association; and the means of attaining it is illumination, enlightening the understanding by the sun of reason which will dispell the clouds of superstition and of prejudice.
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It was the full conviction of this, and of what could be done,
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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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