Thomas Keightley
Secret Societies of the Middle Ages
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One evil to which secret societies are always exposed is the chance of the objects and principles of their membersú being misrepresented by those interested in resisting their power and influence. As the wakeful eyes of the government, and of those concerned in the maintenance of the actual system they must strictly confine the knowledge of their real views and proceedings to the initiated, and as their meetings must for the same reason be held in retired places, and frequently by night, is afforded to their enemies of spreading the most calumnious reports of their secret practices, which, though conscious of innocence, they may not venture o…
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One evil to which secret societies are always exposed is the chance of the objects and principles of their membersú being misrepresented by those interested in resisting their power and influence. As the wakeful eyes of the government, and of those concerned in the maintenance of the actual system they must strictly confine the knowledge of their real views and proceedings to the initiated, and as their meetings must for the same reason be held in retired places, and frequently by night, is afforded to their enemies of spreading the most calumnious reports of their secret practices, which, though conscious of innocence, they may not venture openly to confute. By arts of this kind the suspicionsú and aversion of the people are excited, and they are often thus made to persecute their best friends, and still to bow beneath the yoke of their real foes. The similarity of the accusations made against secret associations in all parts of the world is a sufficient proof of their falsehood _
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- ISBN: 978-1-78107-197-7
- EAN: 9781781071977
- Produktnummer: 34164838
- Verlag: Old Book Publishing Ltd
- Sprache: Englisch
- Erscheinungsjahr: 2018
- Seitenangabe: 442 S.
- Masse: H22.9 cm x B15.2 cm x D2.5 cm 675 g
- Abbildungen: Paperback
- Gewicht: 675
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