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Forgive and be happy. That is the ancient secret?the only wisdom ever to be attained.

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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