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Author(s): George Albert Smith
Type: First-person account
Source(s): "Brigham Young — a Great Man", Improvement Era, 1950, Vol. 53. July, 1950. No. 7.

"Brethren and sisters, and fellow Vermonters. My folk came from Vermont, too, and I am glad to come back to this state that has produced so many unusual and outstanding men and women. I have in my hand a list of more than a hundred names of men and women, mostly men, who as pioneers left this wonderful green country and went out into the desert to make their home. The result was that ..."

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Author(s): George Albert Smith
Type: Dedicatory Prayer
Source(s): Improvement Era, 1950, Vol. 53. September, 1950. No. 9.

"Our Father who art in heaven, hallowed be thy name, thy kingdom come, thy will be done, in earth as it is in heaven: We, thy children, have met together on this spot in this wonderful part of the great United States of America. We are here to do honor to one of thy faithful sons who in the past so lived that there are hundreds of thousands of people who honor him and..."

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