[J. Reuben Clark]
[In conversation with Emily Smith Stewart about her father:] I pointed out that there were two sorts of problems that came before us: the problems of individuals and the problems of the church. I felt myself that the problems of the Church were sufficient to absorb our energies, and that the individual problems ought to be left for others; but that President Smith enjoyed meeting people, he loved them and they loved him, and so a part of his energy is taken up in that.
I stated that I had observed when President Smith went to these functions that he was exhilarated during the time of the function and perhaps a day thereafter, but that then he usually had a period of weariness which it took him several days to get over.
She said that she wished that at the next Conference they could have somebody stationed at the house to sort of keep people away. She said that they had many people come to the house. I told her that surely that could be arranged: she could have somebody there that could act as a sort of guard and filter.
[The Diaries of J. Reuben Clark, 1933-1961, Abridged, Digital Edition, Salt Lake City, Utah 2015]
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