Cultivates the social virtues; and animates them by a great, a feasable, a speedy prospect of universal happiness,
ADAM WEISHAUPTThe hankering of the mind is irresistible.
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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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Give them hints of emancipation from the tyranny of public opinion, and of standing up for themselves;
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Those who possess this knowledge are indeed Illuminati.
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For the Order wishes to be secret and to work in silence
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When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished.
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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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The public is accustomed to it, expects little from it and therefore takes little notice of it.
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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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For they will only be indulging their own desire of personal admiration.
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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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I should have been keenly occupied, and the founding of an order would have never come into my head.
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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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Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.
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The great strength of our Order lies in its concealment.
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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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