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.
ADAM WEISHAUPTThe head of every family will be what Abraham was, the patriarch
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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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When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished.
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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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Illuminate the opposition.
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G is Grace, the Flaming Star is the Torch of Reason.
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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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And then all the objections urged against it by jealous tyranny and affrighted superstition will vanish.
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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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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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We must endeavour to win him over, or decry him.
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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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Who would imagine that I was to be the founder of a new religion.
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The revolution which is about to break will be sterile if it is not complete.
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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 should have been keenly occupied, and the founding of an order would have never come into my head.
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