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

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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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Heal
Healing
Oneself
Failing
Easier
Another
Injure
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Fails

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