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Love, patience, and meekness can be just as contagious as rudeness and crudeness.

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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
Crudeness
Rudeness
Meekness
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Patience
Love

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