"The best way to obtain truth and wisdom is not to ask from books, but to go to God in prayer, and obtain divine teaching.“


-Joseph Smith, Jr.

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The best way to obtain truth and wisdom is not to ask from books, but to go to God in prayer, and obtain divine teaching.

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