The river and the first Grounding
Page 2115 And I shit you not, Nephi sat upon the curb until morning.
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16 And when Laban awoke, Nephi said: Friend, yesterday we were both ridiculous. May we begin again?
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17 And Laban, being afflicted with a headache of considerable spiritual instruction, said: What seekest thou?
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18 And Nephi said: Not thy life, which already improveth the negotiation.
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19 We seek a copy of the old record.
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20 And Laban considered.
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21 And they made a copy.
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22 Thus the plates were preserved without anyone losing his head.
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23 And Nephi engraved upon the margin: If a revelation requireth thee to stop examining consequences, examine the revelation again.
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FIRST NEPHI / CHAPTER 3
The river and the first Grounding
The river—The first Grounding—The slippery earth—A doctrine concerning footing.
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1 And I shit you not, they journeyed until they came unto a river.
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2 And the stones thereof were smooth, and the mud thereof entered readily between the toes.
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3 And Lehi removed his shoes.
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4 And others removed theirs also, save one who said, I have a foot condition, and the record counteth his wisdom rather than his conformity.
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5 And Nephi stood upon the ground and said: We speak continually of being connected to the earth as though our bodies had been waiting elsewhere.
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6 Behold, where did the body come from if not from the same universe as the mud?
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7 And one said: The earth is slippery.
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8 And Nephi answered: Then wisdom is not the power to command the ground to become still.
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9 Wisdom is learning how to move when the ground will not promise stillness.
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10 And another said: Is wisdom not the application of knowledge?