The whole mystery of temptation is to have sins suggested to us, and to be swept after them by a sudden enthusiasm, which sometimes feels as strong as the Spirit of God ever made in us the enthusiasm for virtue.
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Our enemies are our evil deeds and their memories, our pride, our selfishness, our malice, our passions, which by conscience or by habit pursue us with a relentlessness past the power of figure to express.
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George A. Smith (17)
Birth: | 26th June, 1817 |
Death: | 1st September, 1875 |
Nationality: | American |
Profession: | Clergyman |
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George Albert Smith was born in Potsdam, New York, USA. He was an American clergyman. He was an early leader in the Latter Day Saint movement and served in the Quorum of the Twelve Apostles and as a member of the First Presidency of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
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