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[ A survey of the most important phenomena attendant on this movement is given by Schlosser (Geschichte des Achtzehnten Jahrh., III.; I., p. 278).]
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[ Gervinus, Gesch. d. Deutschen Nationality, V., p. 274.]
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[ Goethe, Werke, XXI., p. 329.]
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[ Wieland, Werke, LIII., p. 435.]
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[ "To do good, to lighten the burden of mankind, to assist in the enlightenment of his comrades, to cause enmity to decrease among men, and to do all this with indefatigable zeal, is the duty of the mason and the true secret of his order. The ceremonies are minor mysteries, by means of which a man becomes a Freemason outwardly. The part taken by the order in the spread of toleration, especially among Christian sects, has been too plainly demonstrated to need mention here" [Kessler von Sprengseisen] (Anti-Saint-Nicaise, p. 62).]