“They go through the most elaborate ceremonies for the consummation of the sacraments, the building of temples, the sending out of missionaries, the establishment of priesthoods…for the performance of rituals; but they forget one little detail—the practice of the commandments of Jesus.

—Leo Tolstoy, 1884

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