earlier identified<\/a> as Moroni\u2019s \u201cspiritedness,\u201d a quality that makes him a great warrior but perhaps a less effective diplomat.<\/p>\n\u00a0<\/p>\n
Remember how Moroni wanted that prisoner exchange and how, by the end of the letter in which he proposed it, he had become so indignant at thinking about the crimes of his opponents that he ended up scuttling it himself?<\/p>\n
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Here, although he opens his letter to Pahoran \u201cdesir[ing] to know the cause\u201d of Zarahemla\u2019s failure to provide adequate reinforcements and supplies for the troops in the field (60:6), he\u2019s in quite a rage by the end of the letter, threatening to come against the Nephite political leadership for their \u201ctreason.\u201d<\/p>\n
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He\u2019s a man of action. \u00a0But he has a temper.<\/p>\n
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I know people like him.<\/p>\n
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