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The hardest work you and I will ever do is to put off our selfishness. It is heavy lifting!

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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
Hardest
Heavy
Ever
Work
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Selfishness

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