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Excerpt from The Foundations of Mormonism: A Study of the Fundamental Facts in the History and Doctrines of the Mormons From Original Sources Controversial writings seldom accomplish much good; but judicial investigations, which discover and disclose facts, in a spirit of justice and courtesy, are worthy of, and usually receive a fair hearing. This book is a judicial essay in the domain of candid history. The author has discovered and here brought together matter from original documents bearing on the origin and history of all branches of the Mormon Church. The authenticity and very existence of some of these documents have been denied. The facts and verbiage of others, which have been given to the public, have been so garbled as to misrepresent the originals and utterly mislead those reading them. The facts herewith presented are such that they must be either accepted or disproved - a simple denial, no matter how earnest or conscientious will not suffice. Owing to the active propaganda of Mormonism there has been a pressing demand for such a work as this. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.