American religious leader, 2nd President of the Mormon church, and colonizer who significantly influenced the development of the American West. 1801-1877
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“I never cared but for one thing, and that is, simply to know that I am right before my Father in Heaven. If I am this moment, this day doing the things God requires of my hands, and precisely where my Father in Heaven wants me to be, I care no more about tomorrow than though it would never come.”