“Every man, who parrots the cry of ‘stand by the President’ without adding the proviso ‘so far as he serves the Republic’ takes an attitude as essentially unmanly as that of any Stuart royalist who championed the doctrine that the King could do no wrong. No self-respecting and intelligent free man could take such an attitude.” MenSelfPresidentAttitudeCryKingsIntelligentEvery ManDoctrineRepublicFree ManParrots Book:The Great Adventure: Present-day Studies in American Nationalism Source: The Great Adventure: Present-day Studies in American Nationalism
“THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1894... I met with the Quorum and Presidency in the temple... President Woodruff then spoke... 'In searching out my genealogy I found about four hundred of my female kindred who were never married. I asked Pres. Young what I should do with them. He said for me to have them sealed to me unless there were more than 999 of them. The doctrine startled me, but I had it done.” ShouldSaidDoneYoungFoundPresidentFourMetsMarriedHundredFemaleDoctrineTemplesSpokesPresidencyAprilPolygamyKindredThursdayGenealogy Author:Abraham H. Cannon