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Can you think of anything more permanently elating than to know that you are on the right road at last?

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Vernon Howard
Age: 74 †
Born: 1918
Born: March 16
Died: 1992
Died: August 23
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Haverhill
Massachusetts
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Road
Lasts
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Anything
Right
Think
Thinking
Permanently

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