"It's harder for a man to be spiritual-minded now than it was in the early days. In those days there wasn’t anything else to do but be spiritual and try to raise a crop so you wouldn’t starve. And when you’re hungry, how you can pray. Today we have to chase the almighty dollar and it’s pretty hard to keep your mind on anything else."
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Oregon Sunday Journal, 7 October 1934, collected by Ardis E. Parshall, Keepapitchinin
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J. Golden Kimball
J. Golden Kimball (9 June 1853 – 2 September 1938) was a Latter-day Saint leader remembered for his folksy speaking.
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