![]() ![]() ![]() In my opinion, Joseph Smith remained planted in the earth despite his visions. As he continues, “I dont blame you for not believing my history had I not experienced it could not believe it myself.” 2Īnd yet we still want to know what kind of a man he was: How would we experience him if we knew him? What was the feel of his personality? How did the visions and revelations affect his character? Was he lifted above human foibles and idiosyncrasies by his contact with the heavens? Was he a little magical? ![]() There is too much there, and much of it is far beyond the ordinary. No matter how much we study him, we must be cautious about believing we have comprehended him. No man knows my hist.” 1 He seems to say that what we want to know most-his heart and his history-are not to be found out. In the King Follett discourse given two months before his death, he told them, “You dont know me-you never will.” Another version of the same speech says, “You never knew my heart. Joseph warned the Saints of the difficulty in trying to understand him. The title of this essay, “The Character of Joseph Smith,” may promise more than can ever be fulfilled. ![]()
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