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Healing fails to occur because it is much easier to injure another than to heal oneself.

Vernon Howard

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Vernon Howard
Age: 74 †
Born: 1918
Born: March 16
Died: 1992
Died: August 23
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Haverhill
Massachusetts
Oneself
Failing
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Another
Injure
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Heal
Healing

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