wine that they should drink, and gave them pulse. Daniel, young as he was, assumed the leadership of the Hebrew youths. This unit of thought makes known his purpose, his plea, and his plan. With his mind made up to serve God, he urged the prince of the eunuchs to permit the Hebrew youths to eat vegetables and drink water. When refused this request, he politely offered a plan to test the effectiveness of the two ways of life, the way of indulgence versus the way of discipline. Daniel purposed in his