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It is often said that in Ireland there is an excess of genius unsustained by talent but there is talent in the tongues.

V. S. Pritchett

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V. S. Pritchett
Age: 96 †
Born: 1900
Born: December 16
Died: 1997
Died: March 20
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Ipswich (parish)
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Ireland
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