"There is nothing that an American likes so much as to have a secret society and to make no secret of it." -- G.K. Chesterton, What I Saw in America
There is no fun in being admitted into a secret society unless someone outside of it knows you've finally made it in. There is no fun, for that matter, in secret societies, unless they've become common knowledge.
"I believe that in all men’s lives at certain periods, and in many men’s lives at all periods between infancy and extreme old age, one of the most dominant elements is the desire to be inside the local Ring and the terror of being left outside." -- C.S Lewis, The Inner Ring
There are few things so enticing as being invited into a secret club or so devastating as knowing you've been barred from entry.
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