The term firmness of purpose is identified in base64 scheme by the sequence ZmlybW5lc3Mgb2YgcHVycG9zZQ==, while the MD5 signature is equal to beda549156ae358f63d29942b5aea746. The ASCII encoding of firmness of purpose in hexadecimal notation is 6669726d6e657373206f6620707572706f7365.