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Those who do too much for their children will soon find they can do nothing with their children. So many children have been so much done for they are almost done in.

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