Every man is entitled therefore, to give any explanation of the symbols and a system of the doctrine that he can render palatable.
ADAM WEISHAUPTBut 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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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 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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My general plan is good, though in the detail there may be faults.
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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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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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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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It will be an immense relief to their enslaved minds to be freed from any one bond of restraint
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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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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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The great strength of our Order lies in its concealment.
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None is fitter than the three lower degrees of Freemasonry
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And they are as inefficient as the sleepy dose of an ordinary sermon.
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Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.
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There is no way of influencing men so powerfully as by means of the women.
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I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati.
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