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As for the British churchman, he goes to church as he goes to the bathroom, with the minimum of fuss and no explanation if he can help it.

Ronald Blythe

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Ronald Blythe
Age: 102
Born: 1922
Born: November 6
Literary Critic
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Acton
Suffolk
Ronald George Blythe
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Bathroom
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