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porters were all Masons. 135 And the majority of the new government was
composed of Masons. 136 The only contribution to history that the short-
lived Kerensky Government made was to deliver the country into the
hands of Lenin and the Bolsheviks he led.

TWENTIETH-CENTURY MASONRY: SILENT
AND REMOTE
It should be noticed that in what we have examined so far, that is, that
the activities of Masons in countries such as France, Germany, Italy and
Russia, clearly shows that the goal of Masonry was socio-political revolu-

tion. Masonry wanted to establish a new order in which religious institu-
tions and religious faith are eradicated, and to this end has attempted to
topple the monarchies in those countries. In many European countries,
Masonic lodges became rallying centers for opponents of religion, where
coups, uprisings, assassinations, political plots and anti-religious politics

were conspired. Behind all such activities, whether on a small or grand
scale, which have occurred since the French Revolution in 1789 to the
twentieth century, is found the influence of Masonry.
According to the English historian Michael Howard, Masonic lodges
concentrated their efforts in the second half of the nineteenth century to
overthrow the two remaining important Empires: the Austro-Hungarian
and the Russian Empires, and were able to achieve their goal as a result of

the World War One.
In other words, at the beginning of the twentieth century, Masonry
had, in great measure, achieved its goal of socio-political revolution.
Therefore, the twentieth century was not one of Masonic revolutions.
Thinking they have no more obstacles to confront, Masons prefer to

merely disseminate their philosophy instead of hatching political plots.
They spread their materialist and humanist philosophy to the masses
under the guise of science, or by means of art, the media, literature, music

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