"You educate a man; you educate a man. You educate a woman; you educate a generation."
"After men have got their exaltations and their crowns--have become Gods, even the sons of God--are made Kings of kings and Lords of lords, they have the power then of propagating their species in spirit; and that is the first of their operations with regard to organizing a world. Power is then given to them to organize the elements, and then commence the organization of tabernacles."
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Source: Brigham Young (1858). “Journal of Discourses”
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