Con independencia de los sentimientos que la doctrina de los mormones le inspiraba en otros terrenos, se mantenía sobre lo último inflexible, amén de mudo, ya que por aquellos tiempos las actitudes heterodoxas hallaban mal acomodo en la Tierra de los Santos.
Whatever he might think of the Mormon doctrines, upon that one point he was inflexible. He had to seal his mouth on the subject, however, for to express an unorthodox opinion was a dangerous matter in those days in the Land of the Saints.