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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. "
Discovery
Nature
Reason
" But alas, they are all sadly deficient, because they leave us under the domination of political and religious prejudices; and they are as inefficient as the sleepy dose of an ordinary sermon. "
Ordinary
Us
Political
" But I would have executed much greater things, had not government always opposed my exertions, and placed others in situations which would have suited my talents. "
Talents
Government
Always
" G is Grace, the Flaming Star is the Torch of Reason. Those who possess this knowledge are indeed Illuminati. "
Torch
Reason
Knowledge
" I am proud to be known to the world as the founder of the Illuminati. "
Founder
Am
World
" I did not bring Deism into Bavaria. "
Did
Bring
" In another situation, and in an active station in life, I should have been keenly occupied, and the founding of an order would have never come into my head. "
Head
Active
Never
" It was the full conviction of this, and of what could be done, 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. "
Plan
Education
Done
" Let this circumstance of our constitution therefore be directed to this noble purpose, and then all the objections urged against it by jealous tyranny and affrighted superstition will vanish. "
Jealous
Purpose
Tyranny
" Morality will perform all this; and Morality is the fruit of Illumination. "
Perform
Will
Fruit
" My general plan is good, though in the detail there may be faults. "
Good
General
Faults
" Nothing would be more profitable to us than a right history of mankind. "
Us
History
More
" Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery. "
Most
Mystery
Know
" Oh mortal man, is there anything you cannot be made to believe? "
You
Anything
Believe
" The first task of the association must therefore be to form the young members. "
Young
Members
First
" The hankering of the mind is irresistible. "
Mind
Hankering
Irresistible
" The head of every family will be what Abraham was, the patriarch, the priest and the unlettered lord of his family, and Reason will be the code of laws to all mankind. "
Head
Family
Laws
" The human race will then become one family, and the world will be the dwelling of Rational Men. "
World
Will
Race
" This 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. "
Clouds
Great
Sun
" When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished. "
Gone
Government
Man
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