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* Richard Abanes, ''One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church'' (Thunder's Mouth Press, 2003), 281; citing "The Manifesto," ''Millennial Star'' 52 (24 Nov. 1890): 744. | * Richard Abanes, ''One Nation Under Gods: A History of the Mormon Church'' (Thunder's Mouth Press, 2003), 281; citing "The Manifesto," ''Millennial Star'' 52 (24 Nov. 1890): 744. | ||
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*There is no mention of this quotation anywhere in the cited article. See scan of original at: "The Manifesto," ''Millennial Star'' 52 (24 Nov. 1890): 744. {{link|url=http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/u?/MStar,33220 here}} | *There is no mention of this quotation anywhere in the cited article. See scan of original at: "The Manifesto," ''Millennial Star'' 52 (24 Nov. 1890): 744. {{link|url=http://contentdm.lib.byu.edu/u?/MStar,33220 here}} | ||
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* Abanes seems to have relied on a secondary source without verifying it's claim. There is no evidence in the ''Millennial Star'' that Brigham made the statement. Abanes haste to condemn the Mormons led him to repeat a false claim. | * Abanes seems to have relied on a secondary source without verifying it's claim. There is no evidence in the ''Millennial Star'' that Brigham made the statement. Abanes haste to condemn the Mormons led him to repeat a false claim. | ||
* See: [[Brigham Young pulling the wool over America's eyes|Brigham Young—pulling the wool over Americans' eyes?]] | * See: [[Brigham Young pulling the wool over America's eyes|Brigham Young—pulling the wool over Americans' eyes?]] | ||
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*"The fact that plural marriage brought great sorrow to many of the women involved can hardly be denied. Heber C. Kimball once stated: 'There is a great deal of quarelling in the houses, and contending for power and authority; and the second wife is against the first wife, perhaps, in some instances' (Heber C. Kimball, January 11, 1857, JOD, vol. 4,178)", | |||
*Richard Abanes, ''One Nation Under Gods'', page 582. | |||
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*"The fact that plural marriage brought great sorrow to many of the women involved can hardly be denied. Heber C. Kimball once remarked: 'There is a great deal of quarrelling in the houses, and contending for power and authority; and the second wife is against the first wife, perhaps, in some instances' (Journal of Discourses, vol. 4, p.178)." | |||
*Jerald and Sandra Tanner, [[The Changing World of Mormonism|''The Changing World of Mormonism'']], page 226 | |||
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*Why bother to create your own footnotes when you can simply copy someone else's word for word without attribution? Enough said. | |||
*For more information about this quote from Heber C. Kimball, see: [[Did early Church leaders speak of plural marriage difficulties?]] | |||
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==Further reading== | ==Further reading== | ||
===FAIR wiki articles=== | ===FAIR wiki articles=== | ||
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About this work
Author: Richard Abanes
Quote mining, selective quotation and distortion
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| Abanes quotes Brigham Young as saying "We shall pull the wool over the eyes of the American people and make them swallow Mormonism, polygamy and all." |
There is no evidence in Abanes' cited source that Brigham said this. |
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Commentary
- Abanes seems to have relied on a secondary source without verifying it's claim. There is no evidence in the Millennial Star that Brigham made the statement. Abanes haste to condemn the Mormons led him to repeat a false claim.
- See: Brigham Young—pulling the wool over Americans' eyes?
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Commentary
- Why bother to create your own footnotes when you can simply copy someone else's word for word without attribution? Enough said.
- For more information about this quote from Heber C. Kimball, see: Did early Church leaders speak of plural marriage difficulties?
Further reading
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