--- title: Improvement Era description: Monthly periodical of the Mormon church, 1897 onward. This library holds the issues of November 1897 to December 1930. authors: - Smith, Geo. Albert collections: - periodicals tags: - magazine - improvement-era periodical: Improvement Era volume: 12 number: 12 published: 1909-10 publisher: Young Men’s Mutual Improvement Associations publisher_place: Salt Lake City language: en type: magazine reference: 'Geo. Albert Smith, "Ancient Aztec Ruins and Indian Fort, near Pinedale Meetinghouse, Arizona," *Improvement Era* 12, no. 12 (October 1909): 985.' source: url: https://archive.org/details/improvementera12012unse transcription: Transcribed from the Internet Archive scan of each issue (the item for each issue is named in the issue's own source); unnumbered advertising leaves are omitted, printed page numbers are kept as page markers. identifier: improvementera12012unse start_page: 985 end_page: 985 rights: status: public-domain basis: US publication 1930 or earlier (published 1909-10) source: https://archive.org/details/improvementera12012unse publication_year: 1909 note: The Internet Archive item metadata carries a blanket "© Copyright by Intellectual Reserve, Inc." notice. The library owner judged it inapplicable because this issue was published in 1909, before 1931; a scan-level notice does not restore copyright. --- # Ancient Aztec Ruins and Indian Fort, near Pinedale Meetinghouse, Arizona MISERY. 985 To be compelled to dip the brush into a black soul to produce with it a good reputation. To make crimes appear innocent, to make a deformed life look beautiful and innocent, to make people believe that wrongs are just acts of kindness—is a burdensome task, and these slaves that are compelled to perform it grow weary. To put sugar with poison, to have to drink this to make it appear pure; to bridle every gesture, keep watch over every word that it will not contradict a previous one, not even to have a coun- tenance of one's own —what can be harder, what can be more tor- turing? They seem to believe that they deserve to succeed. They hate the man to whom they have to lie. They love no one. 'Tis a gloomy light that illuminates their soul. "To him there is no sun, no glorious summers, no brilliant skies, no fresh April dawns." For him is only misery. Pine Valley, Utah. [Photo by Geo. Albert Smith.] Ancient Aztec Ruins and Indian Port, near Pinedaie Meetinghouse, Arizona.