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There can be no genuine happiness separate and apart from the home.

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Ezra Taft Benson
Age: 94 †
Born: 1899
Born: August 4
Died: 1994
Died: May 30
Farmer
Politician
Prophet
Idaho
United States
Genuine
Happiness
Home
Separate
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