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	{{:Source:B.H. Roberts:New Witnesses For God:we need not be surprised if we sometimes find them mistaken in their conceptions and deductions}}		{{:Source:B.H. Roberts:New Witnesses For God:we need not be surprised if we sometimes find them mistaken in their conceptions and deductions}}
	{{:Source:Joseph F. Smith:25 May 1903:the question of the situation of the city of Zarahemla was one of interest certainly, but if it could not be located the matter was not of vital importance}}		{{:Source:Joseph F. Smith:25 May 1903:the question of the situation of the city of Zarahemla was one of interest certainly, but if it could not be located the matter was not of vital importance}}
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	{{SeeAlso\|Book_of_Mormon/Geography/Statements/Twentieth_century/First_Presidency_Letter\|l1=Did the First Presidency identify the New York "Hill Cumorah" as the site of the Nephite final battles?}}		{{SeeAlso\|Book_of_Mormon/Geography/Statements/Twentieth_century/First_Presidency_Letter\|l1=Did the First Presidency identify the New York "Hill Cumorah" as the site of the Nephite final battles?}}
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	\|L36=Neal A. Maxwell (1986): "Whether located in Meso–America or elsewhere, they were one people among many peoples on this planet and perhaps even on the western hemisphere"		\|L36=Neal A. Maxwell (1986): "Whether located in Meso–America or elsewhere, they were one people among many peoples on this planet and perhaps even on the western hemisphere"
	\|L37=Question: Did the First Presidency identify the New York "Hill Cumorah" as the site of the Nephite final battles?		\|L37=Question: Did the First Presidency identify the New York "Hill Cumorah" as the site of the Nephite final battles?
	\|L38=~~Source:~~Encyclopedia of Mormonism:1992:The Church has not taken an official position with regard to location of geographical places		\|L38=Encyclopedia of Mormonism (1992): "The Church has not taken an official position with regard to location of geographical places"
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	\|L34=Hugh Nibley (19 Aug 1983): "All this took place in Central America"		\|L34=Hugh Nibley (19 Aug 1983): "All this took place in Central America"
	\|L35=John Sorenson, Ensign (1984): "the immediate land covered by the book’s events was probably only hundreds rather than thousands of miles long and wide"		\|L35=John Sorenson, Ensign (1984): "the immediate land covered by the book’s events was probably only hundreds rather than thousands of miles long and wide"
	\|L36=~~Source:~~Neal A. Maxwell:1986:Whether located in Meso–America or elsewhere, they were one people among many peoples on this planet and perhaps even on the western hemisphere		\|L36=Neal A. Maxwell (1986): "Whether located in Meso–America or elsewhere, they were one people among many peoples on this planet and perhaps even on the western hemisphere"
	\|L37=Question: Did the First Presidency identify the New York "Hill Cumorah" as the site of the Nephite final battles?		\|L37=Question: Did the First Presidency identify the New York "Hill Cumorah" as the site of the Nephite final battles?
	\|L38=Source:Encyclopedia of Mormonism:1992:The Church has not taken an official position with regard to location of geographical places		\|L38=Source:Encyclopedia of Mormonism:1992:The Church has not taken an official position with regard to location of geographical places

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	\|L33=Ezra Taft Benson (Dec 1980): "wise and inspired men in North, Central, and South America were raised up who proclaimed the sovereign truth that all men"		\|L33=Ezra Taft Benson (Dec 1980): "wise and inspired men in North, Central, and South America were raised up who proclaimed the sovereign truth that all men"
	\|L34=Hugh Nibley (19 Aug 1983): "All this took place in Central America"		\|L34=Hugh Nibley (19 Aug 1983): "All this took place in Central America"
	\|L35=~~Source:~~John Sorenson:Ensign:1984:the immediate land covered by the book’s events was probably only hundreds rather than thousands of miles long and wide		\|L35=John Sorenson, Ensign (1984): "the immediate land covered by the book’s events was probably only hundreds rather than thousands of miles long and wide"
	\|L36=Source:Neal A. Maxwell:1986:Whether located in Meso–America or elsewhere, they were one people among many peoples on this planet and perhaps even on the western hemisphere		\|L36=Source:Neal A. Maxwell:1986:Whether located in Meso–America or elsewhere, they were one people among many peoples on this planet and perhaps even on the western hemisphere
	\|L37=Question: Did the First Presidency identify the New York "Hill Cumorah" as the site of the Nephite final battles?		\|L37=Question: Did the First Presidency identify the New York "Hill Cumorah" as the site of the Nephite final battles?

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	{{~~:Source~~:B.H. Roberts:~~New Witnesses For God:~~we need not be surprised if we sometimes find them mistaken in their conceptions and deductions}}		{{:B.H. Roberts: "we need not be surprised if we sometimes find them mistaken in their conceptions and deductions"}}
	{{~~:Source~~:Joseph F. Smith:25 May 1903:the question of the situation of the city of Zarahemla was one of interest certainly, but if it could not be located the matter was not of vital importance}}		{{:Joseph F. Smith (25 May 1903): "the question of the situation of the city (of Zarahemla) was one of interest certainly, but if it could not be located the matter was not of vital importance"}}
	{{~~:Source~~:Joseph F. Smith:circa 1918:President Smith declined to officially approve of the map, saying that the Lord had not yet revealed it}}		{{:Joseph F. Smith (circa 1918): "President Smith declined to officially approve of the map, saying that the Lord had not yet revealed it"}}
	{{~~:Source~~:George F. Richards:1922:The land of North and South America is a very much favored portion of our Father's footstool}}		{{:George F. Richards (1922): "The land of North and South America is a very much favored portion of our Father's footstool"}}
	{{~~:Source~~:Anthony W. Ivins:Apr 1929:Where was the land of Zarahemla? Where was the City of Zarahemla?...There has never been anything yet set forth that definitely settles that question}}		{{:Anthony W. Ivins (Apr 1929): "Where was the land of Zarahemla? Where was the City of Zarahemla?...There has never been anything yet set forth that definitely settles that question"}}
	{{~~:Source~~:James E. Talmage:Apr 1929:the Book of Mormon does not give us precise and definite information whereby we can locate those places with certainty}}		{{:James E. Talmage (Apr 1929): "the Book of Mormon does not give us precise and definite information whereby we can locate those places with certainty"}}
	{{~~:Source~~:Melvin J. Ballard:Apr 1930:We were made to know that the Gospel message would find thousands who had the blood of Israel in their veins in South America}}		{{:Melvin J. Ballard (Apr 1930): "We were made to know that the Gospel message would find thousands who had the blood of Israel in their veins in South America"}}
	{{~~:Source~~:Heber J. Grant:1937:I am a firm believer that this country, both North and South America, is the choice land of the world}}		{{:Heber J. Grant (1937): "I am a firm believer that this country, both North and South America, is the choice land of the world"}}
	{{~~:Source~~:LDS Department of Education Study Manual:1938:the Book of Mormon deals only with the history and expansion of three small colonies which came to America and it does not deny or disprove the possibility of other immigrations}}		{{:LDS Department of Education Study Manual (1938): "the Book of Mormon deals only with the history and expansion of three small colonies which came to America and it does not deny or disprove the possibility of other immigrations"}}
	{{:Question: Did Joseph Fielding Smith reject the theory that the final battlefield of the Book of Mormon took place in Mesoamerica rather than New York?}}		{{:Question: Did Joseph Fielding Smith reject the theory that the final battlefield of the Book of Mormon took place in Mesoamerica rather than New York?}}
	{{~~:Source~~:Melvin J. Ballard:Apr 1938:for these millions who are in Mexico, Central America and South America their day must come}}		{{:Melvin J. Ballard (Apr 1938): "for these millions who are in Mexico, Central America and South America their day must come"}}
	{{~~:Source~~:Washburn and Washburn:1939:An Approach to the Study of Book of Mormon Geography:Book cover}}		{{:Washburn and Washburn (1939), An Approach to the Study of Book of Mormon Geography: Book cover}}
	{{~~:Source~~:J. Reuben Clark:1940:Thus the hemisphere – Zion in its full area –was becoming “a land of liberty}}		{{:J. Reuben Clark (1940): "Thus the hemisphere – Zion in its full area –was becoming “a land of liberty"}}
	{{~~:Source~~:LDS Department of Education Study Manual:1940:There is a tendency to use the Book of Mormon as a complete history of all pre-Columbian peoples...The book does not give an history of all peoples who came to America before Columbus}}		{{:LDS Department of Education Study Manual (1940): "There is a tendency to use the Book of Mormon as a complete history of all pre-Columbian peoples...The book does not give an history of all peoples who came to America before Columbus"}}
	{{~~:Source~~:George Albert Smith:Oct 1940:They will find that it contains, in addition to what the Bible has told us about the world, what the Lord has said about this Western Hemisphere}}		{{:George Albert Smith (Oct 1940): "They will find that it contains, in addition to what the Bible has told us about the world, what the Lord has said about this Western Hemisphere"}}
	{{~~:Source~~:David O. McKay:1843:and this includes Canada and the southern republics, was a choice land when the Jaredites left the land of Shinar approximately four thousand years ago}}		{{:David O. McKay (1843): "and this includes Canada and the southern republics, was a choice land when the Jaredites left the land of Shinar approximately four thousand years ago"}}
	{{~~:Source~~:Ezra Taft Benson:Apr 1955:the Promised Land, the land of Zion, includes all of North and South America}}		{{:Ezra Taft Benson (Apr 1955): "the Promised Land, the land of Zion, includes all of North and South America"}}
	{{~~:Source~~:Lowell T. Bennion:1955:The Book of Mormon itself does not purport to be a history of all pre-Columbian peoples in the Western Hemisphere}}		{{:Lowell T. Bennion (Sunday School - 1955): "The Book of Mormon itself does not purport to be a history of all pre-Columbian peoples in the Western Hemisphere"}}
	{{~~:Source~~:Harold B. Lee:11 Nov 1959:it seems all are in agreement that the followers of Lehi came to the western shores of South America}}		{{:Harold B. Lee (11 Nov 1959) "it seems all are in agreement that the followers of Lehi came to the western shores of South America"}}
	{{~~:Source~~:Mark E. Peterson:1982:Now, a General Authority might speculate, I suppose. We have had speculation, for instance, on the part of some with respect to Book of Mormon geography}}		{{:Mark E. Peterson (1982): "Now, a General Authority might speculate, I suppose. We have had speculation, for instance, on the part of some with respect to Book of Mormon geography"}}
	{{~~:Source~~:Dallin H. Oaks:29 Oct 1993:the Book of Mormon is not a history of all of the people who have lived on the continents of North and South America}}		{{:Dallin H. Oaks (29 Oct 1993): "the Book of Mormon is not a history of all of the people who have lived on the continents of North and South America"}}
	{{~~:Source~~:John A. Widtsoe:Jul 1950:under the Prophet's editorship Central America was denominated the region of Book of Mormon activities}}		{{:John A. Widtsoe (Jul 1950): "under the Prophet's editorship Central America was denominated the region of Book of Mormon activities"}}
	{{~~:Source~~:Ezra Taft Benson:Apr 1960:This is a choice land - - all of America}}		{{:Ezra Taft Benson (Apr 1960 and Oct 1962): "This is a choice land - - all of America"}}
	{{~~:Source~~:Marion G. Romney:6 Apr 1963:I have for the past two years been supervising the Latin American missions...the Lamanites, many of whom live in these missions}}		{{:Marion G. Romney (6 Apr 1963): "I have for the past two years been supervising the Latin American missions...the Lamanites, many of whom live in these missions"}}
	{{~~:Source~~:Harold B. Lee:8 Jul 1966:if the Lord wanted us to know where it was, or where Zarahemla was, he’d have given us latitude and longitude, don’t you think?}}		{{:Harold B. Lee (8 Jul 1966): "if the Lord wanted us to know where it was, or where Zarahemla was, he’d have given us latitude and longitude, don’t you think?"}}
	{{~~:Source~~:BYU Master's Thesis:Aug 1968:Uses Mesoamerica as presumptive culture source for costumes destined for a Book of Mormon re-enactments}}		{{:BYU Master's Thesis (Aug 1968): Uses Mesoamerica as presumptive culture source for costumes destined for a Book of Mormon re-enactments}}
	{{~~:Source~~:Paul R. Cheesman:Nov 1968:There are those who believe that there are two Hill Cumorahs...Advocates of this theory establish their analysis primarily from the internal evidences of the Book of Mormon}}		{{:Paul R. Cheesman (Nov 1968): "There are those who believe that there are two Hill Cumorahs...Advocates of this theory establish their analysis primarily from the internal evidences of the Book of Mormon"}}
	{{~~:Source~~:Ezra Taft Benson:1972:I wish that every person in my country, in your country, in all of the Americas on this entire continent would read the Book of Mormon, and in it the prophetic history of these lands}}		{{:Ezra Taft Benson (1972): "I wish that every person in my country, in your country, in all of the Americas on this entire continent would read the Book of Mormon, and in it the prophetic history of these lands"}}
	{{~~:Source~~:Marion G. Romney:1975:As the conflict intensified, all the people who had not been slain—men...gathered about that hill Cumorah}}		{{:Marion G. Romney (1975): "As the conflict intensified, all the people who had not been slain—men...gathered about that hill Cumorah"}}
	{{~~:Source~~:Spencer W. Kimball:Feb 1977:There are probably sixty million Lamanites in America}}		{{:Spencer W. Kimball (Feb 1977): "There are probably sixty million Lamanites in America"}}
	{{~~:Source~~:Hugh Nibley:1978:one tragically short-lived religious civilization that once flourished in Mesoamerica and then vanished toward the northeast in the course}}		{{:Hugh Nibley (1978): "one tragically short-lived religious civilization that once flourished in Mesoamerica and then vanished toward the northeast in the course"}}
	{{~~:Source~~:Ezra Taft Benson:Jan 1979:God raised up wise leaders among your progenitors which afforded Latin American countries political freedom and independence}}		{{:Ezra Taft Benson (Jan 1979): "God raised up wise leaders among your progenitors which afforded Latin American countries political freedom and independence"}}
	{{~~:Source~~:Ezra Taft Benson:Dec 1980:wise and inspired men in North, Central, and South America were raised up who proclaimed the sovereign truth that all men}}		{{:Ezra Taft Benson (Dec 1980): "wise and inspired men in North, Central, and South America were raised up who proclaimed the sovereign truth that all men"}}
	{{~~:Source~~:Hugh Nibley:19 Aug 1983:All this took place in Central America}}		{{:Hugh Nibley (19 Aug 1983): "All this took place in Central America"}}
	{{~~:Source~~:John Sorenson:Ensign:1984:the immediate land covered by the book’s events was probably only hundreds rather than thousands of miles long and wide}}		{{:John Sorenson, Ensign (1984): "the immediate land covered by the book’s events was probably only hundreds rather than thousands of miles long and wide"}}
	{{~~:Source~~:Neal A. Maxwell:1986:Whether located in Meso–America or elsewhere, they were one people among many peoples on this planet and perhaps even on the western hemisphere}}		{{:Neal A. Maxwell (1986): "Whether located in Meso–America or elsewhere, they were one people among many peoples on this planet and perhaps even on the western hemisphere"}}
	{{:Question: Did the First Presidency identify the New York "Hill Cumorah" as the site of the Nephite final battles?}}		{{:Question: Did the First Presidency identify the New York "Hill Cumorah" as the site of the Nephite final battles?}}
	{{~~:Source~~:Encyclopedia of Mormonism:1992:The Church has not taken an official position with regard to location of geographical places}}		{{:Encyclopedia of Mormonism (1992): "The Church has not taken an official position with regard to location of geographical places"}}

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