Free Masonry - The Masonic Trowel

THE TENDENCY OF SECRET ASSOCIATIONS. 355
then " Ask for their archives! They tell you they were
burnt."
Britons and Germans, with eager interest inquire, " What
is true Free Masonry ?" Weishaupt's answer will never
be improved; which he applies to the authenticity of the
different rituals, but the reader applies to Free Masonry
itsel£ Free Masonry obtains followers, not for its authenticity,
but for its condudveness to the end they propose.
CHAPTER LIV.
Weishaupt's Plan for the Dissemination of Light.
" Fools in their hearts believe and say,
" That all religion's vain;
" There is no God that reigns on high,
44 Or minds the affairs of men.
u From thoughts so dreadful and profane,
44 Corrupt discourse proceeds,
" And in their impious hands are found
41 Abominable deeds."—Watts.
Spartacus to Cato, Feb. 6, 1778.—That is, Weishaupt to
Zwack.
*" Mon but est defaire valoir la raison. As a subordinate
object, I shall endeavolir to gain security to ourselves,
t It is my aim to exalt reason.