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I am tired of the misrepresentation, calumny and detraction, heaped upon me by wicked men and desire and claim, only those principles guaranteed to all men by the Constitution and laws of the United States and of Illinois.
Joseph Smith, Jr.
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Joseph Smith, Jr.
Age: 38 †
Born: 1805
Born: December 23
Died: 1844
Died: June 27
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If you will stay with the majority of the Twelve Apostles, and the records of the Church, you will never be led astray.
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Heavenly Father is more liberal in His views, and boundless in His mercies, than we are ready to believe or receive.
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Take away the Book of Mormon and the revelations, and where is our religion? We have none.
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