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Civilization - a heap of rubble scavenged by scrawny English Lit. vultures.

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Malcolm Muggeridge
Age: 87 †
Born: 1903
Born: March 24
Died: 1990
Died: November 14
Autobiographer
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Journalist
Writer
London
England
Thomas Malcolm Muggeridge
Civilization
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Vultures
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