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| − | ::If young [Joseph] Smith [, Jr.] was as illiterate as you say, Doctor, how do you account for the Book of Mormon? | + | ::['''Q''']If young [Joseph] Smith [, Jr.] was as illiterate as you say, Doctor, how do you account for the Book of Mormon? |
| − | ::"Well, I can't; except that Sidney Rigdon was connected with them." | + | ::['''A''']"Well, I can't; except that Sidney Rigdon was connected with them." |
| − | ::Was Rigdon ever around there before the Book of Mormon was published? | + | ::['''Q''']Was Rigdon ever around there before the Book of Mormon was published? |
| − | ::"No; not as we could ever find out. Sidney Rigdon was never there, that Hurlbut, or Howe, or Tucker could find out." | + | ::['''A''']"No; not as we could ever find out. Sidney Rigdon was never there, that Hurlbut, or Howe, or Tucker could find out." |
| − | ::Well; you have been looking out for the facts a long time, have you not, Doctor? | + | ::['''Q''']Well; you have been looking out for the facts a long time, have you not, Doctor? |
| − | ::"Yes; I have been thinking and hearing about it for the last fifty years, and lived right among all their old neighbors there more of the time." | + | ::['''A''']"Yes; I have been thinking and hearing about it for the last fifty years, and lived right among all their old neighbors there more of the time." |
| − | ::And no one has ever been able to trace the acquaintance of Rigdon and Smith, until after the Book of Mormon was published, and Rigdon proselyted by [Parley P.] Pratt, in Ohio? | + | ::['''Q''']And no one has ever been able to trace the acquaintance of Rigdon and Smith, until after the Book of Mormon was published, and Rigdon proselyted by [Parley P.] Pratt, in Ohio? |
| − | ::"Not that I know of."" | + | ::['''A''']"Not that I know of."" |
| + | ::: <small>— John Stafford, cited in William H. Kelly, "The Hill Cumorah, and the Book of Mormon," ''Saints' Herald'' 28 (1 June 1881): 167; cited in {{EarlyMormonDocs|vol=2|start=123|end=124}})</small> | ||
Version du 3 janvier 2009 à 23:29
- [Q]If young [Joseph] Smith [, Jr.] was as illiterate as you say, Doctor, how do you account for the Book of Mormon?
- [A]"Well, I can't; except that Sidney Rigdon was connected with them."
- [Q]Was Rigdon ever around there before the Book of Mormon was published?
- [A]"No; not as we could ever find out. Sidney Rigdon was never there, that Hurlbut, or Howe, or Tucker could find out."
- [Q]Well; you have been looking out for the facts a long time, have you not, Doctor?
- [A]"Yes; I have been thinking and hearing about it for the last fifty years, and lived right among all their old neighbors there more of the time."
- [Q]And no one has ever been able to trace the acquaintance of Rigdon and Smith, until after the Book of Mormon was published, and Rigdon proselyted by [Parley P.] Pratt, in Ohio?
- [A]"Not that I know of.""
- — John Stafford, cited in William H. Kelly, "The Hill Cumorah, and the Book of Mormon," Saints' Herald 28 (1 June 1881): 167; cited in Dan Vogel (editor), Early Mormon Documents (Salt Lake City, Signature Books, 1996-2003), 5 vols, 2:123–124.)