Saturday Night Thoughts
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Title and FormSaturday Night Thoughts: A Series of Dissertations on Spiritual, Historical and Philosophic Themes is a collection of essays originally appearing as a weekly column in the Deseret Evening News on Saturday nights. Deseret Book+2Internet Archive+2 In the printed book form, it spans 323 pages. HathiTrust+2Deseret Book+2 Context and Purpose These essays were first published between October 26, 1918 and May 31, 1919. Deseret Book+2Amazon+2 Whitney composed them in part as a response to the influenza epidemic of 1918, during which many were unable to attend Sunday services. The newspaper noted that the “Thoughts” were meant to “fill in some degree a spiritual void” for those deprived of worship opportunities. Internet Archive+3Deseret Book+3Amazon+3 Over time, due to favorable reception…
