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We have always understood that the foundations of the family, as an eternal unit, were laid even before this earth was created! Society without basic family life is without foundation and will disintegrate into nothingness.

Spencer W. Kimball

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Spencer W. Kimball
Age: 90 †
Born: 1895
Born: March 28
Died: 1985
Died: November 5
Businessperson
Prophet
Salt Lake City
Utah
Eternal
Foundations
Society
Units
Family
Nothingness
Earth
Laid
Without
Basic
Foundation
Even
Created
Disintegrate
Always
Understood
Unit
Life

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