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In order for good to blossom it must be cultivated and exercised by constant practice, and to be truly righteous there is required a daily pruning of the evil growth of our characters by a daily repen- tance from sin.

Harold B. Lee

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Harold B. Lee
Age: 74 †
Born: 1899
Born: March 28
Died: 1973
Died: December 26
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Idaho
Harold Bingham Lee
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