Van Wagoner, “Mormon Polygamy: A History,” p. "William Law apparently hoped that disclosing Smith's relationship with the young girls might lead him to abandon polygamy but Smith immediately excommunicated Law, had himself appointed the girls' legal guardian and rejected the charge in front of a church congregation on, denying that he had more than one wife.”(Joseph Smith, “History of the Church,” vol. In fact, Smith had secretly married both Maria, age 19, and her sister Sarah, age 17, on and was serving as executor of their $8,000 estate. Maria Lawrence was a teenaged orphan who was living in the Smith household. “William Law file a formal complaint with the Hancock County circuit court charging Smith was living 'in an open state of adultery' with Maria Lawrence, Smith's foster daughter and polygamous wife. On 23 March 1844, William Law filed suit against Smith for committing adultery with Smith's foster daughter and plural wife: Not only did Smith have a reputation as a ladies' man, he also had a record of defending friends of his who were sleeping around.Īccording to the “Minutes of the High Council of the Church of Jesus Christ of Nauvoo Illinois” (6 February 1841), Smith directed “the Nauvoo high council not to excommunicate Theodore Turley for 'sleeping with two females,' requiring him only to confess 'that he had acted unwisely, unjustly, imprudently, and unbecoming.'”Įventually, Smith's sexual excess caught up with him in court. They find him distraught because Smith, according to Pratt's wife, had tried to seduce Pratt's wife Sarah.” “Thousands of Nauvoo Mormons search for Orson Pratt after discovering a suicide note. Smith's moves to seduce other men's wives were so brazen and notorious that they led one distraught husband-Orson Pratt-to attempt suicide in Nauvoo on 15 July 1842: Extreme susceptibility passionately fond of the company of the other sex.' The official 'History of the Church' still publishes this chart, along with the caution that such a high score indicates 'extreme liability to perversion' in the trait.” Perversion is right. “, the Church newspaper 'The Wasp' published a phrenology chart of Smith's head and personality. 53), acknowledged the lore of Smith's attraction to females, as described in 'The Wasp,” a LDS newspaper published in Nauvoo, Illinois: In fact, the official LDS publication, “History of the Church” (vol. Smith's Well-Earned Reputation for Being a Sex-Obsessed, Self-Possessed Philanderer has followed him beyond his own desire to be seen as a “Prophet, Seer and Revelator.Īs a baseline (and as known in Mormon circles of his day), Smith was legendary for his sexual attraction to women. Like Warren Jeffs, Joseph Smith engaged in sex with underage girls (despite what mormons dependent on FAIR propaganda peddling may wish to believe-and as proven by Mormon history itself). Smith ordered the press destroyed and lied about his sexual conduct. (Personally, my preference would be ‘Design Basis’ as I find ‘Basis of Design’ clumsy, but I realise that ‘Basis of Design’ is commonly used and understood in the company/industry.This is the news paper that exposed Joe Smith and his deceptive sexual perversion.
often, ‘documents’ is implied in ‘Bases of Design’, so by stating ‘documents’ the reader is clear that that’s what you mean. the Basis of Design documents…’ thus putting the plural on ‘document’ instead of on ‘basis’.
You could avoid the issue altogether by rewording – for example, instead of ‘… the Bases of Design…’, use ‘…. Likewise, ‘Bases of Design’ should be pronounced as ‘bayseez’, not ‘bases. It’s all about context – if you were talking about a graph, then you would pronounce ‘axes’ as ‘ackseez’, not ‘axes’ as in the wood chopping tool. Other words ending in ‘-is’ that become ‘-es’ with a ‘-seez’ pronunciation include: analysis/analyses, thesis/theses, and axis/axes. The problem is that ‘bases’ can be pronounced, read, or interpreted in two ways – ‘bases’ as in baseball, or ‘bayseez’ as in the plural of ‘basis’. ‘fundamentals of design’ or ‘design fundamentals’ (unless, of course, you were talking about multiple designs). If you had a document called the ‘fundamental of design’ (yuck!), then the plural would be on ‘fundamental’ not ‘design’ i.e. The plural is on the word ‘basis’ not ‘design’, so you are correct – it should be ‘Bases of Design’ because ‘bases’ is the plural of ‘basis’. PB asked: Do you have any opinion on the plural of ‘Basis of Design’? I think it should be ‘Bases of Design’, but perhaps that’s too old fashioned, as most people I talk to refer to the ‘Basis of Designs’ – but that jars with me a little! From a recent writing tip I wrote for my work colleagues (oil and gas industry)…