"Suffering and diminishment are not the greatest evils but are normal ingredients of life, especially in old age," Dulles said at the time.
"They are to be expected as elements of a full human existence. Well into my 90th year I have been able to work productively. As I become increasingly paralyzed and unable to speak, I can identify with the many paralytics and mute persons in the Gospels,
grateful for the loving and skillful care I receive and for the hope of everlasting life in Christ. If the Lord now calls me to a period of weakness, I know well that his power can be made perfect in infirmity."
"Suffering and diminishment are not the greatest evils but are normal ingredients of life, especially in old age," Dulles said at the time. "They are to be expected as elements of a full human existence. Well into my 90th year I have been able to work productively. 
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