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“And what is this general object? The happiness of the human race. But where are the proper persons, the good, the generous and the accomplished to be found? And how, and by what strong motives, are they to be induced to be engaged, in a task so vast, so incessant, so difficult and so laborious? This association must be gradual. There are some such persons to be found in every society. Such noble minds will be engaged by the heart-warming object. The first task of the association must therefore be to form the young members. As these multiply and advance, they become the apostles of beneficence, and the work is now on foot, and advances with a speed increasing every day. The slightest observation shows that nothing will so much contribute to increase the zeal of the members as secret union. We see with what keenness and zeal the frivolous business of Freemasons is conducted, by persons knit together by the secrecy of their union. 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. The order will thus work silently, and securely, and though the generous benefactors of the human race are thus deprived of the applause of the world, they have the noble pleasure of seeing their work prosper.” -- Adam Weishaupt     “We have to struggle with pedantry, with intolerance, with divines and statesmen, and above all princes and priests are in our way. Men are unfit as they are and must be formed; each class must be the school of trial for the next. This will be tedious, because it is hazardous. In the last classes I propose academies under the direction of the order. This will secure us the assistance of the literati. Science shall here be the lure. Only those who are assuredly proper subjects shall be picked out from the inferior classes for the higher mysteries, which contain the first principles and means of promoting a happy life. No religionist must, on any account, be admitted into these. For here we work at the discovery and extirpation of superstition and prejudices.” (Spartacus (Weishaupt) to Cato (Zwack, a lawyer) --Feb. 6th, 1778)     The organization had a registration with the Elector of Bavaria who disbanded them on request from the Catholic Church on several occasions in 1784, 1785, 1787, and 1790. (38) The official “Seal” was later adopted as part of the Great Seal of the United States. The original proposals for the great seal had the “Eye in the Pyramid” and after several re-workings, the Great Seal ended up as it is today. If someone were to ask me today, “Was the Illuminati a good or a bad organization?” I would respond that it was a great movement as a counter to the Catholic Church at the time and it was a bad thing as to the secrecy maintained and the philosophy adopted that the “ends justifies the means.” Weishaupt proposed that it would not matter what they did in order to accomplish their aims, since their goals were noble, all of their actions would be acceptable. However, I cannot say exactly what types of actions were conducted at the time by the founding members. The order only lasted a short time and was disbanded. There is very little written about them with direct knowledge such as the book by Robison.

Proposal for the First American Flag     Only a short period before the "Founding Fathers" had adopted the "Seal of the Illuminati", as part of the "Great Seal", they had several different ideas and versions of the proposed "Seal." The following three designs were put reviewed by the First Committee in 1776, but they did not adopt the Illuminati Seal at this time.     First committee's 1776 design for the symbol of the United States. It was drawn in 1856 by Benson J. Lossing.

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