We lived within two hundred yards of the sea, and its voice was in our ears night and day. Edward Carpenter dayearhundred Change image and share on social
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 aprildiedream Change image and share on social
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 should thus have been thrown into close touch with the legal element in life. Edward Carpenter antinomianclosecollege share on social
I might have simply settled down into an armchair literary life. I really don't know exactly why I didn't. Edward Carpenter armchairlifeliterary Change image and share on social
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 bodycommunicateconscious share on social
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 beginboarddestine Change image and share on social
Early in 1888 one or two of us got together to establish our own Sheffield Socialist Society. Edward Carpenter earlyestablishsheffield Change image and share on social