[…] and which are given concrete expression in the Constitution, are universal principles which can benefit all the world. “Come—yea, come Texas, come Mexico, come Canada; and come, all the world: let us be brethren, […]
[…] obtain better homes.” Many were outlaws, “outcasts,” or “lovers of office.” Their life was one of “Sabbath breaking, profanity, horse-racing, idleness and . . . all too prevalent drunken ness.” By contrast, the Saints […]
[…] this cosmic question depend entirely upon the assumptions he brings to it—assumptions about the nature of the world and man’s place in it; these rest in the last analysis upon personal predilection, not historical […]
[…] of the number and/or spacing of children. This is a widespread practice today, especially in the western world, and most population specialists argue that considerably greater control of this sort is urgently needed if […]
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[…] discovery of Mormon belief and practices, predicted that if something did not change the Mormon “course, the world’s history will not furnish a parallel of degradation and wretchedness.” Among the earliest observers to suggest […]
[…] or resurrection, however, human beings do not perceive themselves as different from what they were in the world. As soon as the heart stops beating, the seer reported, the Lord draws forth the spirit […]
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[…] get home, I will write to Marie. I can’t speak to her about it now; that would be breaking the rules again. Maybe she will come to Utah; my uncle would sponsor her immigration—that is, […]
[…] trying to smile, to laugh; trying to mimic the Pied Piper and convert embarrassment into humor. But breaking down, hollering at them: “Get the hell out! Get the hell out of here! All of […]