I am currently reading the John G. Turner bio on Brigham Young.
https://www.amazon.com/Brigham-Young...oung+biography
Really fascinating stuff. I thought it might be fun to share a few excerpts as I go. I ran across this tidbit the other day:
In other words .... (wait for it) .... Brigham Young refused to sign an honor code.
https://www.amazon.com/Brigham-Young...oung+biography
Really fascinating stuff. I thought it might be fun to share a few excerpts as I go. I ran across this tidbit the other day:
In his later recollections he described himself as a fiercely independent and somewhat headstrong young man. “I Am naturally opposed to being crowded,” he later commented, “and am opposed to any person who undertakes to force me to do this or not do that.” As a young man he both refused to drink and refused to sign a temperance pledge, even when his father urged him to do the latter. “No sir,” he replied, “If I sign the temperance pledge, I feel that I am bound, and I wish to do just right without being bound to do it.”
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