A triptych in which the presiding deities are Mother, England and Me.
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Well, we'll tackle that a bit later. Back to biography The only way of writing any kind of study, say the Thomas More one, is to so fully enter his sensibility that you become a part of it, and he becomes a part of you, ... In that process you begin to see the heart of his design. It would be foolish and unproductive to see it as a totally alien system of belief. Far better to enter it in a spirit of communion.
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