I saw Joseph Smith the Prophet do things which I did not approve of; and yet...I thanked God that He would put upon a man who had these imperfections the power and authority which He placed upon him...for I knew I myself had weakness and I thought there was a chance for me.  These same weaknesses...I knew were in Heber C. Kimball, but my knowing this did not impair them in my estimation.  I thanked God I saw these imperfections.

-Lorenzo Snow (as quoted in the diary of George Q. Cannon, Jan. 7, 1898, Archives Division, Historical Department of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints)

Adventures of a Church Historian, Leonard J. Arrington (pg. 4)