"Stick of Joseph"
In 1844, the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints published a broadside about the Book of Mormon called "The Stick of Joseph", which reprinted some "reformed Egyptian" characters that resemble those on the Anthon transcript.
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Famous quotes containing the words stick of, stick and/or joseph:
“One stick of bamboo can not make a raft.”
—Chinese proverb.
“What, then, is the true Gospel of consistency? Change. Who is the really consistent man? The man who changes. Since change is the law of his being, he cannot be consistent if he stick in a rut.”
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—Chief Joseph (c. 1840–1904)