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“There were other Anti-Christs among the Nephites, but they were more military leaders than religious innovators... they are all of one breed and brand; so nearly alike that one mind is the author of them, and that a young and underdeveloped, but piously inclined mind. The evidence I sorrowfully submit, points to Joseph Smith as their creator. It is difficult to believe that they are a product of history, that they came upon the scene separated by long periods of time, and among a race which was the ancestral race of the red man of America.”

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B. H. Roberts
B. H. Roberts

B. H. Roberts, a historian, was born on March 13, 1857, and died on September 27, 1933. He made significant contributions to the study of American Western history, the history of Utah, and Mormon history. more

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