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Satan delights to have us put ourselves down. Self-contempt is of Satan. There is no such thing in heaven.

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
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Satan
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