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We often leave the most precious personal direction of the Spirit unheard because we do not record and respond to the first promptings that come to us when the Lord chooses to direct us.

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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