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- A Journey to Great-Salt-Lake City (v. 2)
A Journey to GreatSaltLake City
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v. 2
Author:
Jules Remy
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TH THE S Z ESH ZHEE V t 9 I M R L M N NO (t/i //'f/ //r.i ' . fff m to adopt a character which would make the sounds invariable; praiseworthy even as are the efforts directed to this end,—it is nevertheless probable that the orthographic innovation proposed by the Mormon philologists will have no success, and will be abandoned by its own authors, on account of the difficulty that must be experienced in its application, not to speak of the inconveniences to which it would give rise, such as the effacement of etymologies, and the disconnection of roots from their derivatives. The engraving we place in face of this page is a facsimile of the Mormon alphabet, which we had executed at San Francisco, in January, 1856, after some genuine specimens we brought from the Salt Lake. To give to every man his due, we ought to say that the idea originated with the apostle W. W. Phelps, one of the regents of the University, and that it was he who worked out the letters. Mr. Phelps, in an intellectual point of view, is one of the most singular persons in Utah, and possibly also the most erudite, if not the really best informed. The eccentricity of his manners, the singularity of his character, the originality of his ideas, the suppleness of his opinions, the variety of his aptitudes, make him pass among his co-religionists for a crack-brain. It is he who plays the part of the devil in the mysterious ceremonies of the endowment; it is he also who edits the ' Deseret Almanac,' and who, in this capacity, foretells rain and fine weather, calculates the risings and settings of the sun for Utah andits territory. He is the a...
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9781459012936
ISBN-10:
1459012933
Publication Date:
8/5/2009
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