...I hope and pray that you will be wise enough to learn the lessons of the past. You don't have to spend time as a Laman or Lemuel in order to know that it's much better to be a Nephi or Jacob. You don't have to follow the path of Cain or Gadianton in order to realize that 'wickedness never was happiness'. And you don't have to allow your community to become like Sodom or Gomorrah in order to understand that it isn't a good place to raise a family. Learning the lessons of the past allows you walk boldly in the light without running the risk of stumbling in the darkness. This is the way it's supposed to work.