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Just when I think I have learned the way to live, life changes.
Hugh Prather
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Hugh Prather
Age: 72 †
Born: 1938
Born: January 23
Died: 2010
Died: November 15
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Hugh Edmondson Prather III
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I can't be found in myself I discover myself in others. That much is clear. And I suspect that I also love and care for myself in others.
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