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The words of the double-tongued are as if they were harmless, but they reach even to the inner part of the bowels. Praise be to the Lord, who distinguishes our cause and delivers us from the unjust and deceitful man.

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Muriel Spark
Age: 88 †
Born: 1918
Born: February 1
Died: 2006
Died: April 13
Biographer
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Literary Critic
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Poet
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Muriel Sarah Camberg
Dame Muriel Sarah Spark
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