JS, Remarks, , Adams Co., IL, 14 May 1843.Featured version copied [ca. 14 May 1843] in Wilford Woodruff, Journal, vol. 5, 1 Jan. 1843–31 Dec. 1844, pp. [33]–[34]; handwriting of . For more complete source information, see the source note for Discourse, 17 Jan. 1843, as Reported by Wilford Woodruff.
Historical Introduction
See Editorial Note following 12 May 1843 entry in JS, Journal.
The way to get along in any important matters was to gather unto yourself wise men, experienced & aged men to assist in council in all times of trouble handsome men are not oft wise & strongminded men, but the Strength of a strong minded man will create corse features like the rough & strong bough of the oak. You will always discover in the first glance of a man in the outlines of his features Somthing of the mind of the man.
Excitement has almost become the essens of my life when that dies away I feel almost lost when a man is reigned up continually by excitement he becomes strong & [p. [33]]