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The humble were the elect of God. Did not the priests teach so, in their gemmed, kingly robes, from their towering pulpits?

Tanith Lee

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Tanith Lee
Age: 67 †
Born: 1947
Born: September 19
Died: 2015
Died: May 24
Novelist
Poet
Science Fiction Writer
Writer
London
England
Esther Garber
Judas Garbah
Towering
Pulpit
Robes
Elect
Priests
Humble
Teach
Pulpits
Kingly

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