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The heaviest burden that one has to bear in this life is the burden of delaying too long before putting the fruit in the Jell-O so it's too firm and the chunks just sit on top.

Harold B. Lee

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Harold B. Lee
Age: 74 †
Born: 1899
Born: March 28
Died: 1973
Died: December 26
Prophet
Clifton
Idaho
Harold Bingham Lee
Life
Thanksgiving
Firm
Burden
Bear
Putting
Jell
Fruit
Delaying
Bears
Heaviest
Long
Chunks

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