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We have moral agency as a gift of God. Rather than the right to choose to be free of influence, it is the inalienable right to submit ourselves to whichever of those powers we choose.

Henry B. Eyring

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Henry B. Eyring
Age: 91
Born: 1933
Born: May 31
Author
Physicist
Priest
Princeton
New Jersey
Henry Bennion Eyring
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Agency
Powers
Gift
Choose
Influence
Moral
Inalienable
Rather
Whichever
Free
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You need never be discouraged or afraid. The way through difficulties has always been prepared for you, and you will find it if you exercise faith.
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Pray for the love which allows you to see the good in your companion. Pray for the love that makes weaknesses and mistakes seem small. Pray for the love to make your companion's joy your own. Pray for the love to want to lessen the load and soften the sorrows of your companion
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