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!
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Where there had been only jeers or taunts at first, crowds come to listen with serious and sympathetic men.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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I was in the Square at the time. The crowd was a most good-humoured, easy going, smiling crowd; but presently it was transformed. A regiment of mounted police came cantering up.
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Great success in examinations does naturally not as a rule go with originality of thought.
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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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