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About A. P. Herbert

A. P. Herbert was a 19th-century English politician. Sir Alan Patrick Herbert CH, was an English humorist, novelist, playwright, law reformist, and, from 1935 to 1950, an independent Member of Parliament for Oxford University. Read more on Wikipedia →

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  • God — Spiritual reflections on the divine, faith, and creation

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