"Crush the enemy whatever he is, when he is powerful, by means of slander and slander; but above all, crush him when he is still in the egg. To youth we must aim: we must seduce the young: it is necessary that we attract the youth without notice it, under the banner of secret societies. In order to advance, with counted but sure steps, in this dangerous way, two things are absolutely necessary for you. You must have the air of being as simple as doves, but together you must be as prudent as snakes. Your parents, your children, your own wives will always have to ignore the secret that you carry in your bosom. And if you like, to better deceive the scrutinizing eyes, to go there to confess often, you are authorized to keep , even with the confessor, the most absolute silence on these matters. You well know that the least revelation, that the smallest clue escaped you in the Tribunal of penance or elsewhere can lead us to great magnet; and that the voluntary or involuntary revelator signs, with this same, his death sentence.
"Now, therefore, to secure a Pope according to our heart, it is first of all a matter of forming, to this Pope, a generation worthy of the kingdom we desire. Leave the old and the mature men aside; go, instead, straight to youth, and, if possible, even to childhood. Never talk to young people about obscene and unholy things. Maxima debetur puero reverentia. Never forget these words of the poet, since they will serve as a safeguard against any license, from which it is absolutely professions to abstain in the interest of the cause. To make our cause flourish and bear fruit in families, to have the right of asylum and hospitality at the home, you must present yourself with all the appearances of the grave and moral man. once your reputation is established in colleges, gymnasiums, universities and seminars: once you have won the confidence of the teachers and young people, make sure that especially those who en in the clerical militia they seek your conversation. Nude their spirit of the ancient splendor of papal Rome. There is always in the heart of every Italian a desire for the republican form. Deftly confuse these two memories: excited, warm these so flammable natures to the idea of patriotic pride. Begin by offering them, but always in secret, innocent books, warm poems of national emphasis: gradually you will lead your disciples to the desired degree of fermentation. When on all points of the ecclesiastical state this everyday work has spread our ideas like light, then you will be able to realize how wise the council is, of which we now take the initiative.