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9 He spoke of service, and a worker asked whether service included carrying away the chairs after the important persons had departed.

10 The king took a chair.

11 This caused concern among attendants who had prepared a ceremonial description of his humility and feared the work would begin before the description was complete.

12 Benjamin said: Thou needest not explain my hands while they are occupied.

13 When the gathering was over, the platform was dismantled.

14 Nobody’s worth decreased by its height.

15 Mosiah asked which part of the occasion should be preserved.

16 The keeper answered: What helped people understand, what helped them act, and what they said we had failed to hear.

17 And the expense of the tower was entered among the practical costs, rather than among the mysteries of God.