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4 Another asked whether a future translator would be able to read everything without error.

5 Moroni placed a pencil beside the record.

6 The visitor said: This is not an interpreter.

7 Moroni replied: It will nevertheless be useful when one is mistaken.

8 He considered the questions of Lehi, the confidence of Nephi, the inquiries of Laman and Lemuel, the voice of Sariah, the service of Benjamin, and the hands that had carried the records between them.

9 He wrote no final verdict upon the complete inward life of any of them.

10 For he had received writings, not ownership.

11 Then he wrapped the plates for keeping and returned to the ordinary responsibilities which had continued during his work.

12 The people asked where the promised land would be found at last.

13 Moroni answered that a place in which they could read, question, help, and rest might be worth beginning before the final geography had been approved.

14 One person requested a more conclusive ending.

15 Moroni said: The record is finished for this evening.

16 The person waited.

17 And I shit you not, that was the ending available.