And they are as inefficient as the sleepy dose of an ordinary sermon.
ADAM WEISHAUPTThe public is accustomed to it, expects little from it and therefore takes little notice of 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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In another situation, and in an active station in life,
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Cultivates the social virtues; and animates them by a great, a feasable, a speedy prospect of universal happiness,
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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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Who would imagine that I was to be the founder of a new religion.
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Those who possess this knowledge are indeed Illuminati.
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I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati.
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The human race will then become one family, and the world will be the dwelling of Rational Men.
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A Literary Society is the most proper form for the introduction of our Order into any state where we are yet strangers.
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The revolution which is about to break will be sterile if it is not complete.
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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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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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My general plan is good, though in the detail there may be faults.
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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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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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Give them hints of emancipation from the tyranny of public opinion, and of standing up for themselves;
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Let this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose
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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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These should therefore be our chief study; we should insinuate ourselves into their good opinion
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My explanation is accurate and complete, my means are effectual, and irresistable.
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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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By establishing reading societies, and subscription libraries, and taking these under our direction, and supplying them through our labors
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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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The hankering of the mind is irresistible.
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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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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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