The Tree of Names
Page 30SECOND NEPHI / CHAPTER 1
The Tree of Names
A vision of the Tree of Names—A tower of approval—Those who eat without shame.
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1 And I shit you not, Nephi dreamed a dream.
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2 And he beheld a large field, and in the midst thereof stood a tree whose branches bore tags instead of fruit.
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3 And the tags read SUCCESSFUL, FAILURE, MAN, WOMAN, LEADER, FOLLOWER, BELIEVER, DOUBTER, NORMAL, STRANGE, GOOD, BAD.
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4 And multitudes pressed forward to obtain the proper tags.
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5 For they had been taught that a tag bestowed by the right person would explain them unto themselves.
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6 And across the field stood a great building, exceedingly spacious and suspiciously well branded.
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7 And the people therein wore badges of approval and pointed toward all who had selected the wrong tag.
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8 And some outside the building became ashamed.
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9 But one traveler laughed and said: I do not remember authorizing that committee.
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10 And another traveler took a tag marked FAILURE and used it to repair a sandal.
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11 And another took SUCCESSFUL and folded it into a paper bird.
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12 And another chose no tag.
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13 And the building remained standing.
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14 And this troubled the people inside it more than expected.
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15 Then Nephi saw a serpent pass beneath the tree, taking no tag at all.
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16 And he heard a sentence without knowing whence it came:
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17 A name may be useful.
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18 A name need not become a prison.