Early in 1883, as I have said, I gave my first lecture on social questions, and from that time forward I spoke on these subjects.
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In the summer of '84 I went again to the United States, my chief object again being to see Whitman - though I had also friends to visit.Edward Carpenter
Where there had been only jeers or taunts at first, crowds come to listen with serious and sympathetic men.
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Early in 1888 one or two of us got together to establish our own Sheffield Socialist Society.
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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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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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Do not think too much of the dead husk of your friend, or mourn too much over it, but send your thoughts out towards the real soul or self which has escaped - to reach it.
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