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Choosing to do what the Lord has defined as right will, in the long run, always lead to the best outcomes.

Richard G. Scott

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Richard G. Scott
Age: 86 †
Born: 1928
Born: November 7
Died: 2015
Died: September 22
Engineer
Nuclear Engineer
Pocatello
Idaho
Richard Gordon Scott
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Lord
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Long
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