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17 quotes by Edward Carpenter

Edward Carpenter Born Edward Carpenter (1844-08-29)29 August 1844 Hove, Sussex, England Died 28 June 1929(1929-06-28) (aged 84) England Occupation English socialist poet, anthologist, early gay activist and socialist philosopher Part of a series on Socialism Development History of socialism Socialist calculation debate Socialist economics Ideas Calculation in kind Cooperative Common ownership Economic planning Equal opportunity Free...
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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... →

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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... →

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Great success in examinations does naturally not as a rule go with originality of thought.

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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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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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For so, surely you will cast a light of gladness upon his onward journey, and contribute your part towards the building of that kingdom of love which... →

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Whatever the practical value of the Walden experiment may be, there is no question that the book is one of the most vital and pithy ever written.

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The general fact of surplus value, namely that the workmen does not get the full value of his labours, and that he is taken advantage of by the... →

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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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My ideas had been taking a socialistic shape for many years; but they were lacking in definite outline.

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It is curious that, with my somewhat antinomian tendencies, I should have gone to Trinity Hall - which was, and is, before all a Law College - and... →

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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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Early in 1888 one or two of us got together to establish our own Sheffield Socialist Society.

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