Anderson does a great job in providing access to truth. They both mention it in the beginning of their discourses. Anderson does as he mentions that a religion must answer the essential life questions, "What am I? Whence came I? What is the object of this life? and what is my destiny?" while Whitney quotes the fact that "Truth is truth, wher'er 'tis found, On Christian or on heathen ground." With these two quotes mentioned, the reader can see what each author is trying to bring to the surface and therefore, the writers' purpose.
Another way that Anderson attempts to bring Whitney's counsels into account is Whitney's mention of evil. He quotes that "if he does not get knowledge, he will be brought into captivity by some evil power in the other world, as evil spirits will have more knowledge and consequently more power than many men who are on the earth." This helps us see that he thinks knowledge is power and with truth and power coexisting in this way, it is certainly important. Anderson takes this into account by mentioning the fact that "Ye have partly a conception of good and evil, but the many branches into which these two principles sub-divide, cannot be understood by you." And then expands upon it later.
I really like how you tie the elements of "good literature" the era of Home Literature in what Whitney said in his talk to the plan of salvation that Anderson puts into play. I hadn't realized that.
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