Original sentence: Howe concluded that Joseph Smith and Sidney Ridgon used the Spalding manuscript to produce the Book of Mormon for the purpose of making money.Howe was unable to find the alleged similarities with the Book of Mormon that were described in the statements and instead argued in Mormonism Unvailed (1834) that there must exist a second Spalding manuscript which was now lost.Hurlbut obtained a manuscript through Spalding's widow, and showed it in public presentations in Kirtland, Ohio, in December 1833.Hurlbut then became embroiled in a legal dispute with Joseph Smith.Subsequently, Hurlbut delivered the documents he had collected to Howe
Edited sentence: Both books depict the goings-on of ancient settlers to the New World.Both books describe a messiah-like figure who appears suddenly, teaches the people, and ushers in an era of great peace.Both books describe the populace as making use of elephants.Both books describe the settlers as having all goods in common at one point.Both books discuss the division of the people into two major civilizations.Both books mention horses.Both books show two major civilizations entering into a war of mutual destruction.Forts in both books are identical in their manner of construction.In 1884, a manuscript written by Spalding was recovered in Honolulu, Hawaii and taken to the Oberlin College Library in Ohio.It is disputed whether or not it formed the basis for the Latter Day Saint scripture.Some of the parallels between Spalding's manuscript and the Book of Mormon are:.The civilized segments of the societies in both books are given strict charges to avoid intermarriage with the less civilized segments.The discoverers of both books claim to have discovered the records by using a lever to remove a rock under which the records were deposited.The narrators of both books explain that the earth revolves around the sun.This unfinished story bears some resemblance to the Book of Mormon text.While making their initial oceanic crossing, the settlers in both books are blown by a fierce storm which makes them fear being capsized