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Unless I accept my faults, I will most certainly doubt my virtues.

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
Virtue
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Doubt
Virtues
Acceptance
Faults
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Unless
Accepting

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