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Question:
Do the Latter-day Saints value education?

Answer:
Gordon B. Hinckley, President of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, said:

"We hope that our people will gain education. We put very strong emphasis on education. It is a mandate from the Lord as we regard it, and we urge that very strongly with our own people and would hope that would carry over to others. . . . Surveys have indicated that the higher the education, the more faithful the individual. . . . We expect people to think. We want them to think. We want them to dig. We want them to read. We want them to improve their minds, and with that message of hope and growth we reach out to them. That is our doctrine which we teach and we hope it bears fruit. 'The glory of God is intelligence, or, . . . light and truth' (Doctrine and Covenants 93:36). If we have a motto, that is it."

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