[…] away, are replaced by a constant swirl of limousines and money, jet planes and prepared statements, secret service men and gorgeous political groupies. There is almost an infinite sense of power and prestige. It […]
[…] Eliza Webb, a disgruntled wife suing Brigham Young for divorce and hefty alimony, defrayed her expenses by writing a mildly scandalous pot boiler called Wife Number Nineteen (1876) in which she claimed (incorrectly) to […]
[…] Screwtape (who was, you will remember, lieutenant and spokesman for Satan) saying, “No! No! Don’t try to get them actually fighting each other, war sometimes brings out good in people. Just work on their […]
[…] numerous, to have them pronounce upon their validity (Juvenile Instructor 26 : 13-14). Elder Bruce R. McConkie, writing before he was called to the Twelve, sup ports Cannon’s thinking: Revelations given of God through […]
[…] and not over reference ourselves to the past or the hereafter! We must strengthen our intellectual analysis, our spiritual guidance, and get to the actual doing—and find a measure of peace in all of this.
[…] nineteenth-century politics including the role of lobbyists and the debts that they expected to collect for their services. They will also find that the political opponents of Utah’s statehood were not so much anti-Mormon […]
[…] of dendrochronology (the study of growth rings in trees) and carbon-14 dating combined, language history, the Nephite writing history, and biological characteristics we could expect from the Semites of Lehi’s area in the Old […]
[…] to Mrs. E. R. Firmage, 20 June 1937). An undertone of despondency sounded through some of his writings in the months following. In his journal, he meditated on the lives of his parents who […]
[…] emphasis on putting family and church first, on wariness about “worldly” rewards, and on the importance of service to others. All of these values would modify a single-minded pursuit of career success. In short, […]
[…] past. For example, he too readily accepts the official version of the 1911 evolution controversy at BYU, writing that “these teachers were dismissed” (p. 116). Actually, two of the teachers resigned, one was fired, […]