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I • 12 demonstration of any senses.n 1 It was this faith that confronted Alexander Campbell and g... more I • 12 demonstration of any senses.n 1 It was this faith that confronted Alexander Campbell and gave him some trouble. The following s h ows his atti-tu~e toward it. "Perhaps we were too sanguine when we thought that the fable was so barefaced that it could not stand upon its legs or palms in the £ace of day and the American people; but it appears that there are some great knaves, some as great as simpletons, and some as dark spots jn the United States as in any land on earth; ••• " 2 As Latourette wrote, t he fact t hat the Mormon Church origjnated on the frontier accounted for many of the events and attitudes.3 The "frontier peop le were inclined to depreciate education and culture." 4 W ith the presence of this attitude, combined with the religious frenzy of the yearly revivals in addition to the superstition, it was remarkable that many more relig ions did not appear.
I • 12 demonstration of any senses.n 1 It was this faith that confronted Alexander Campbell and g... more I • 12 demonstration of any senses.n 1 It was this faith that confronted Alexander Campbell and gave him some trouble. The following s h ows his atti-tu~e toward it. "Perhaps we were too sanguine when we thought that the fable was so barefaced that it could not stand upon its legs or palms in the £ace of day and the American people; but it appears that there are some great knaves, some as great as simpletons, and some as dark spots jn the United States as in any land on earth; ••• " 2 As Latourette wrote, t he fact t hat the Mormon Church origjnated on the frontier accounted for many of the events and attitudes.3 The "frontier peop le were inclined to depreciate education and culture." 4 W ith the presence of this attitude, combined with the religious frenzy of the yearly revivals in addition to the superstition, it was remarkable that many more relig ions did not appear.