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Great American Documents for Latter-day Saint Families

Postby mes5464 » Tue Nov 15, 2011 6:46 am

Has anyone looked at this book? Is it any good?

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Re: Great American Documents for Latter-day Saint Families

Postby Ben McClintock » Tue Nov 15, 2011 9:58 am

I have seen it, and I am not a fan.

These are the clearly not great documents

John F. Kennedy's Inaugural Address (20 January 1961)
Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" Speech (28 August 1963)
Ronald Reagan's Speech: "The Boys of Pointe du Hoc" (6 June 1984)


and these were given by men condemned by contemporary Church leaders, but praised by more modern ones, so take your pick ;).

The Emancipation Proclamation (1863)
The Gettysburg Address (1863)
Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address (1865)
http://www.mormonchronicle.com/falseprophet Joseph Smith Matt ‎22 For in those days there shall also arise...FALSE prophets, and shall show great signs and wonders http://www.lds.org/scriptures/tg/false- ... g&letter=f
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Re: Great American Documents for Latter-day Saint Families

Postby gkearney » Tue Nov 15, 2011 11:57 am

This is a bit like the list of great books list we had going here a while back. No ones ever going to agree. I would have put the Magna Carta on that list. It's the foundation of Anglo-American liberty.
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