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Perhaps when distant people on other planets pick up some wavelength of ours all they hear is a continuous scream.

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Iris Murdoch
Age: 79 †
Born: 1919
Born: July 15
Died: 1999
Died: February 8
Author
Biographer
Novelist
Philosopher
Poet
Professor
Prosaist
Writer
Dublin city
Jean Iris Murdoch
Dame Iris Murdoch
People
Distant
Scream
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Perhaps
Hear
Wavelength
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Continuous

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