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I think it [religion] is an art, the greatest one an extension of the communion all the other arts attempt.

Dodie Smith

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Dodie Smith
Age: 94 †
Born: 1896
Born: May 3
Died: 1990
Died: November 24
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Charles Henry Percy
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