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Ultimate hope and daily grumpiness are not reconcilable.

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Neal A. Maxwell
Age: 78 †
Born: 1926
Born: July 6
Died: 2004
Died: July 21
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Theologian
Salt Lake City
Utah
Neal Ash Maxwell
Hope
Grumpiness
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