With my somewhat vague aspiring mind, to be imprisoned in the rude details of a most material life was often irksome.
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IN April 1882 my father died; and I was at once whirled out of my land of dreams into a very different sphere.Edward Carpenter
When he was twenty-three or twenty-four my father began to learn German and read philosophy in his spare hours, which did not look as though he were destined to remain long on board ship!
Edward Carpenter
We lived within two hundred yards of the sea, and its voice was in our ears night and day.
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.
Edward Carpenter
Great success in examinations does naturally not as a rule go with originality of thought.
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