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While waiting for promised blessings, one should not mark time, for to fail to move forward is to some degree a retrogression. Be anxiously engaged in good causes, including your own development.

Howard W. Hunter

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Howard W. Hunter
Age: 87 †
Born: 1907
Born: November 14
Died: 1995
Died: March 3
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