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191. “There is a union”: Johnson, Shopkeeper’s, 134.
191. “We are all becoming”: Stahr, 24.
192. “at war with”: Masur, 94.
194. “in his sanctum”: Turner, 31.
194. “with whiskey, perfumed”: Bushman, Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling, 311.
194. “the angels are coming”: Turner, 46.
194. “the Lord standing”: Ibid.
196. “If I was to harbor”: Ibid., 51.
197. “We were immediately”: Compton, 49.
197. “To my utter astonishment”: Thompson.
197. “They are Eastern men”: Bushman, Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling, 327.
198. “selling his lands”: Ibid., 348.
198. “oppose his own”: Ibid., 353.
199. “From this day and hour”: Ibid., 355.
Chapter 6
202. “brigandish guise”: Sheriff, 145.
202. “Commending my soul”: Shaw, 197.
203. “We often passed”: Trollope, 244.
203. “to hop down”: Shaw, 206.
203. “every quarter”: Ibid., 209.
205. “Iced-water (without sugar)”: Trollope, 231.
205. “an interminable”: Koeppel, 391.
205. “the air was so foul”: Shaw, 207.
205. “whither dreams betake”: Koeppel, 392.
206. “You are actually sailing”: McGreevy, 133.
206. “so low that”: Shaw, 214.
207. “full, strong, and”: Reiss, 42.
207. “some of those cunning”: Ibid., 115.
209. “the white circle of tents”: Whittier, 426.
209. “a radical and an enthusiast”: Rowe, 160.
210. “distinct in his utterance”: Ibid., 173.
210. “You can have”: Ibid., 172.
210. “disposed to make”: Ibid., 180.
210. “convince him that”: Ibid., 138.
211. “If you intend”: Barkun, 40.
211. “an event scarcely”: Ibid., 98.
211. “done us so much”: Knight, 146.
211. “I am confirmed”: Numbers, The Disappointed, 46.
212. “undefiled works”: McGreevy, 212.
212. “It is written in the”: Abzug, 67.
212. “such scenery is too”: Sheriff, 61.
212. “beautiful from end”: Bourne, 132.
212. “vulgar and worldly”: Koeppel, 392.
212. “in time, the wondrous”: Ibid., 391.
212. “Nature is fairly”: Bernstein, 282.
212. “as Niagara Falls are”: Sheriff, 58.
212. “every man moved”: Bourne, 133.
212. “Pork and Flour coming”: Sheriff, 63.
212. “The bowels of the nation”: Bourne, 161.
213. “I think for us young”: Sheriff, 118.
214. “loafing about the city”: Ibid., 147.
214. “the Boys who Drive”: Ibid., 142.
214. “they are only specimens”: Ibid., 150.
214. “one continual stream”: Bernstein, 337.
214. “than the negroes”: Bushman, Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling, 357.
215. “Lawlessness prevailed”: Ibid., 363.
216. “the Mormons must”: Givens, 138.
217. “about as badly scared”: Bushman, Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling, 367.
217. “I carried him into”: Newell, 75.
218. “Dear Emma”: Bushman, Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling, 381.
218. “fanciful and flowe[r]y”: Ibid., 379.
219. “was frank open & familiar”: Ibid., 382.
219. “Build up a city”: Ibid.
219. “so unhealthy”: Ibid., 384.
220. “in the size of our canal”: Koeppel, 389.
220. “the country’s first”: Ibid., 390.
221. “No single act”: Ibid.
221. “John the Baptist”: Abzug, 124.
221. “my bearish proportions”: Ibid., 146.
221. “his appearance”: Ibid., 151.
222. “Abolition immediate”: Young, 179.
222. “My heart aches”: Abzug, 85.
223. “While I was at Lane”: Ibid., 95.
223. “a proud, arrogant”: Ibid., 98.
223. “Great economic and political”: Ibid., 112.
223. “The pulpit is overawed”: Ibid., 121.
223. “traitor to Christ”: Ibid., 116.
224. “which side of the question”: Ibid., 107.
224. “Madness rules the hour”: Ibid., 119.
224. “better the mob”: Ibid., 121.
224. “superior to every”: Ibid., 123.
225. “immediate emancipation”: Muelder, 163.
225. “thunderer of the West”: Abzug, 151.
225. “A stump is my throne”: Ibid., 146.
225. “If it is not FELT”: Ibid., 129.
226. “almost shouted down”: McGreevy, 191.
226. “the most mobbed man”: Sernett, 43.
226. “a tall muscular man”: Barney.
227. “disappointed, and chagrined”: Ibid.
227. “as my dog”: Ibid.
227. “I read in the Book”: Joseph Smith, “The Joseph Smith Papers, History.”
229. “It may seem to some”: Marquardt, 319.
229. “out of Nothing”: Bushman, Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling, 421.
229. “There is no such thing”: Ibid., 419.
229. “request him to shake”: Doctrines and Covenants, Section 129.
229. “The Father has a body”: Doctrines and Covenants, Section 130.
Chapter 7
232. “I have placed my life”: Bushman, Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling, 438.
232. “Any man who will”: Newell, 96.
232. “in the ordinary”: Ibid., 113.
232. “a deep intricate”: Ibid., 120.
233. “It was the first time”: Ibid., 98.
233. “the Ancient order”: Bushman, Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling, 452.
233. “The Lord makes”: Newell, 114.
233. “I thought you knew”: Ibid., 136.
233. “my astonishment”: Brodie, 477.
233. “It is a command”: Ibid., 478.
234. “so contrary to all”: Compton, 499.
234. “Happiness is the object”: Newell, 111.
234. “hold your tongues”: Ibid., 115.
234. “All who walk”: Ibid.
234. “a woman of commanding”: Ibid., 150.
235. “more bitter in her”: Ibid., 143.
235. “but I have nothing”: Ibid., 145.
235. “hereafter have peace”: Ibid., 151.
235. “have ten virgins”: Ibid., 153.
235. “How did you succeed”: Ibid., 152.
235. “relinquish all”: Ibid., 158.
235. “he had to use harsh”: Bushman, Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling, 496.
235. “yet Emma the wife”: Newell, 166.
236. “bound to oppose”: Bushman, Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling, 428.
236. “too proud to court”: Ibid., 509.
236. “Let us vote as kissing”: Turner, 82.
236. “pretended Prophet”: Bushman, Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling, 510.
236. “Beware, oh earth”: Remini, 161.
236. “should not be surprised”: Bushman, Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling, 518.
236. “where God and the”: Turner, 105.
237. “The whole of America”: Bushman, Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling, 519.
237. “This year—O blessed”: Bliss, 174.
238. “I could not but think”: Knight, 131.
238. “Expectation with many”: Ibid., 130.
238. “Never has my faith”: Rowe, 184.
238. “I am still looking”: Bliss, 254.
238. “We would not disguise”: Knight, 164.
238. “I confess my”: Bliss, 256.
239. “lecturing, Conferences”: Knight, 168.
239. “Stones, pieces of bricks”: Abzug, 148.
240. “as we made temperance”: Davis, 431.
240. “a silly and often”: Hardman, 318–19.
240. “Abolitionists are good”: Gospel Truth.
241. “could not speak”: Abzug, 152.
241. “We abolitionist women”: Muelder, 18.
241. “For a long time”: Abzug, 188.
241. “artificial and facetious”: Ibid., 166.
241. “an actual reality”: Ibid., 196.
242. “A great and mighty”: Ibid., 239.
243. “There is a fighting”: Ibid., 202.
243. “great suavity”: Bushman, Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling, 528.
244. “paralizes the nerves”: Ibid., 528.
244. “was given when”: Beam, 98.
244. “by preaching the spiritual”: Bushman, Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling, 580.
245. “God himself”: Joseph Smith, “King Follett Sermon, Part 1.”
245. “You don’t know me”: Joseph Smith, “King Follett Sermon, Part 2.”
245. “The Lord has constituted”: Brodie, 374.
245. “she used to complain”: Newell, 161.
246. “gross moral”: Newell, 181.
246. “originally taught”: Bushman, Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling, 539.
246. “We are earnestly seeking”: Krakauer, 129.
246. “a greater nuisance”: Beam, 9.
246. “removed the press”: Bushman, Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling, 540.
246. “to exterminate”: Newell, 181.
246. “was a very gross”: Bushman, Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling, 545.
247. “I have great fears”: Ibid., 546.
247. “I have got all”: Beam, 127.
247. “It is too late”: Knight, 187.
247. “nothing but gross”: Ibid., 192.
248. “God is an exact”: Ibid., 188.
248. “worked like leaven”: Ibid., 189.
248. “We are then within”: Ibid., 192.
248. “this thing has gone”: Ibid., 202.
248. “I see a glory”: Ibid., 203.
248. “Oh, how I wish”: Ibid., 204.
249. “a forsaking of the world”: Ibid.
249. “This shop is closed”: Cross, 307.
249. “help themselves”: Knight, 206.
249. “many have suspended”: Ibid., 208.
249. “formed themselves”: Nichol, 244.
250. “We held meetings”: Rowe, 191.
250. “we have just had”: Kobler, 106.
250. “would have become”: Bushman, Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling, 423.
251. “Do not despair”: Newell, 186.
251. “I want for you”: Ibid., 187.
251. “tryed almost to death”: Ibid., 188.
251. “Let us go back”: Beam, 153.
252. “there is no danger”: Bushman, Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling, 548.
253. “The Danites”: Newell, 194.
254. “I remember feeling”: Presidents of the Church.
254. “Streams of fire”: Ibid.
254. “O Lord, my God”: Bushman, Joseph Smith: Rough Stone Rolling, 550.
Epilogue
256. “Still in the cold”: Nichol, 248.
256. “We wept and”: Ibid., 247.
256. “If this had proved”: Ibid., 248.
256. “My hope in”: Ibid., 266.
256. “It seemed as”: Rowe, 193.
257. “rising higher”: Numbers, Prophetess, 56.
257. “he wanted to be”: Numbers, The Disappointed, 56.
257. “I have fixed my mind”: Ibid., 33.
258. “My husband”: Newell, 196.
258. “trembled at every”: Ibid., 197.
258. “Now I can see him”: Ibid., 197.
258. “filled with horror”: Lucy Smith, 298.
259. “Now Joseph is gon”: Turner, 111.
259. “organization that you”: Ibid., 112.
259. “it seemed in the eyes”: Ibid., 113.
260. “I believe he was”: Newell, 25.
260. “There is no country”: Kyle, 23.
263. “I’ve got an old”: by Thomas S. Allen.
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