The head of every family will be what Abraham was, the patriarch
ADAM WEISHAUPTThis 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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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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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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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 then all the objections urged against it by jealous tyranny and affrighted superstition will vanish.
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None is fitter than the three lower degrees of Freemasonry
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The tenor of my life has been the opposite of everything that is vile, and no man can lay any such thing to my charge.
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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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Those who possess this knowledge are indeed Illuminati.
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My general plan is good, though in the detail there may be faults.
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Illuminate the opposition.
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And they are as inefficient as the sleepy dose of an ordinary sermon.
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For they will only be indulging their own desire of personal admiration.
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Give them hints of emancipation from the tyranny of public opinion, and of standing up for themselves;
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We must win the common people in every corner.
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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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