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.

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.

Morality will perform all this; and Morality is the fruit of Illumination.

The human race will then become one family, and the world will be the dwelling of Rational Men.

Of all the means I know to lead men, the most effectual is a concealed mystery.

When man lives under government, he is fallen, his worth is gone, and his nature tarnished.