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When we persist in looking for and finding what there is to value within our self, we discover a pure and loving being.

Hugh Prather

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Hugh Prather
Age: 72 †
Born: 1938
Born: January 23
Died: 2010
Died: November 15
Writer
Hugh Edmondson Prather III
Value
Pure
Within
Looking
Persist
Values
Discover
Self
Findings
Finding
Loving

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