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You rock a sobbing child without wondering if today's world is passing you by, because you know you hold tomorrow tightly in your arms.

Neal A. Maxwell

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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
Today
Passing
Without
Rock
Children
Rocks
World
Arms
Tomorrow
Sobbing
Hold
Tightly
Wonder
Wondering
Child
Passings

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