"I should like these few words to be……" — Edward Carpenter
"I should like these few words to be read over the grave when my body is placed in the earth; for though it is possible I may be present and conscious of what is going on, I shall not be able to communicate."
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Edward Carpenter
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23 Quotes by Edward Carpenter
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We lived within two hundred yards of the sea, and its voice was in our ears night and day.
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Motherhood is, after all, woman's great and incomparable work.
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Great success in examinations does naturally not as a rule go with originality of thought.
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I saw deep in the eyes of the animals, the human soul look out upon me.
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What is the good of life if its chief element, and that which must always be its chief element, is…
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Do not think too much of the dead husk of your friend, or mourn too much over it, but send…
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Where there had been only jeers or taunts at first, crowds come to listen with serious and sympathetic men.
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I was in the Square at the time. The crowd was a most good-humoured, easy going, smiling crowd; but presently…
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Let your mind be quiet, realizing the beauty of the world, and the immense boundless treasures that it holds.
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With my somewhat vague aspiring mind, to be imprisoned in the rude details of a most material life was often…
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My ideas had been taking a socialistic shape for many years; but they were lacking in definite outline.
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I might have simply settled down into an armchair literary life. I really don't know exactly why I didn't.
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