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The soul is like a violin string: it makes music only when it is stretched.

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
Soul
Music
Like
Stretched
Violin
String
Strings
Makes

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