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Show 134hi.s talt"'.i;<IP.42 -,jij1 ' t.'rI.._.;&, mittt.t .Lon there. is of MEa.a.b Bngham Young '8 short-eo-minis is largel.l' <ill. to the $ttcu-.ts of Mrs Widts&e» reeall of the haro.4:; som$ failings Iven $0, the t&w.lts He bad he of hel!" are minimi.aed. who insisted tbat Ml-s \I Gates Wrob Mrs Gates; aharaet,er-wakneafSee how could h be the g:reat man _$. wer'e it net so? He wa.s easily prejudiced. and. it was tiftieu!t to change hie opinions when once, tht!)7 were formed. Then. he eculd be sarcasUc, but never spitefUl. On ,roveeAtien, hEit was sQmetim$$ very angry s but ntaver. with t_pestuOU$ 1Xp1osion or ru4e some _ . hast$ • • .. His faults or rathGr peeul!aritis wet''e those of bis SeQtch Irish lew .l&lld inheritaIlC!u'$ a o$rtain. int.olerance for r$. bUios" wicked hypoerihs •••• His family, who rutver heard an r$line4 wori from hie. lips, were n$veheless not silo,ek$4 -- he Q.$nouneea or $ven cursed in the pulpit, th. renegatt.& whQ sometim.$ !_nifested. their filthy bitte:rne'8s tQ women and. children not, Gilly in the st:r.ets, but a, lew t1:me.s at least in t,h$ir publie ad4resses.. His confidence, .nee lost, va.s d.ifficult t.o retri.,vEhlt.4 ' ., .... .- • .. • For ad.ditional 4ritieal eo.ent t,o the reViews wiliob. apPMired in 1')0. per:hap$ in England more $0 on the book, tne S't,U¢ief:1'fi, wtt tun Revi_ers trll.ted the book than ita America.. Said 'the well, Sattl,£M:t a-vi (lAnd.on): bas written this biear$.J)h1' witl' the objeet Mr's. Gates .•.• vindicat,ing ker rather fa m_ory" and. within the limits ahe has observed., bas been une:Kpeotedly suee$sful. Making no at.tempt II ' of • Uc .biograph7 is Ano he::r .·. . . ..(8alt e Cityt Des.ret . . . ·WoEk J!!! 4,2.· t. symp&tbe. .. .... book 18 of g:reatt worth as a Pr'ea.ton. Nlble,Y,. '1'1., Nws ':ess, 19.36 , , 1 seeonc:ilU'Y'-801:tt'ee eOfllpl.lation. but ha$ toe, .!!l! . pages •. Thi$ very little . 4'Mrs. Widt,soe tcund it di.ffioult to believe tha.t Bilham Young Q;on troll.ed his tail.Y so well. )b-s. Gates onee mentiened that no one in tbe fudly had ever h.ax-d. him correct another ehild or speak ha.rahly to an,. of his wives. Mr's. Widhoe doubted .thi.s $ld said that. MrB1! Gates had only £01" .,tttn. S.me months la.ter at a family dii'Uler Mrs. Gates, nthoujt anY pre had ever or prompting, asked titteD sons ana daghters if,ths7 ,ration h$aJ'4 Brigham Young speak by way of Qorreetion to anyone else in the fUily on any occasion. tb:ey all agreed that t,hey had not - St<?fY. pp • .317-18. a |
