John Smith
John Smith was an English soldier, explorer, and author, best known for his role in the establishment of the Jamestown colony in Virginia, the first permanent English settlement in North America. His adventurous spirit and leadership were crucial in navigating the challenges of early colonial life, and he documented his experiences in several works, most notably 'A True Relation of Such Occurrences and Accidents of Note as Happened in Virginia' and 'The Generall Historie of Virginia, New England, and the Summer Isles'. These writings not only chronicled the trials and tribulations of the settlers but also provided one of the earliest accounts of Native American life and culture from a European perspective. Smith's narratives were significant for their vivid storytelling and for shaping the perception of the New World in England. His accounts contributed to the mythos surrounding the American frontier and influenced subsequent generations of explorers and settlers. Despite facing criticism and controversy regarding his leadership style and the accuracy of his accounts, Smith's legacy as a pioneering figure in American history endures. His writings remain a vital resource for understanding the early colonial experience and the complex interactions between European settlers and Indigenous peoples.
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View all 8 quotes“Stand Fast Through the Storms of Life."You will have all kinds of trials to pass through. And it is quite as necessary for you to be tried as it was for Abraham and other men of God... God will feel after you, and He will take hold of you and wrench your very heart strings and if you cannot stand it you will not be fit for an inheritance in the Celestial kingdom of God" -John Taylor recalls the words of Joseph Smith to the Twelve. JS manual page 231””
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“The old folk from Indiana and Iowa and Illinois, from Boston and Kansas City and Des Moines, they sold their homes and their stores, and they came here by train and by automobile to the land of sunshine, to die in the sun, with just enough money to live until the sun killed them, tore themselves out by the roots in their last days, deserted the smug prosperity of Kansas City and Chicago and Peoria to find a place in the sun. And when they got here they found that other and greater thieves had already taken possession, that even the sun belonged to the others; Smith and Jones and Parker, druggist, banker, baker, dust of Chicago and Cincinnati and Cleveland on their shoes, doomed to die in the sun, a few dollars in the bank, enough to subscribe to the Los Angeles Times, enough to keep alive the illusion that this was paradise, that their little papier-mâché homes were castles.””
