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but that mimosa grove - the haze of stars, the tingle, the flame, the honey-dew, and the ache remained with me, and that little girl with her seaside limbs and ardent tongue haunted me ever since. " "this then is my story. i have reread it. it has bits of marrow sticking to it, and blood, and beautiful bright-green flies. at this or that twist of it i feel my slippery self eluding me, gliding into deeper and darker waters than i care to probe.

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Martin Ryle

I was educated at Bradfield College and Oxford, where I graduated in 1939.

1939, Bradfield, College, Educated, Oxford
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We enjoy sailing small boats, two of which I have designed and built myself.

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In 1947 I married Rowena Palmer, and we have two daughters, Alison and Claire, and a son, John.

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