Edward Carpenter
Edward Carpenter
Edward Carpenterwas an English socialist poet, philosopher, anthologist, and early LGBT activist...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionActivist
Date of Birth29 August 1844
dream father land
IN April 1882 my father died; and I was at once whirled out of my land of dreams into a very different sphere.
college should-have law
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.
taken doe facts
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 capitalist, is obvious.
reading happened
The other thing that happened in 1883 was my reading of Thoreau's Walden.
philosophy father long
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!
eye animal soul
I saw deep in the eyes of the animals, the human soul look out upon me.
horse years choices
Making a choice is like backing a horse - in a hundred years, they may decide you picked wrongly.
couple garden eden
Remember, the serpent is still living in the Garden of Eden. Only the heterosexual couple was expelled.
night sea two
We lived within two hundred yards of the sea, and its voice was in our ears night and day.
real journey thinking
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. 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 links our earth to heaven.
women mind world
Let your mind be quiet, realizing the beauty of the world, and the immense boundless treasures that it holds.
again chief object summer though united whitman
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.
men crowds firsts
Where there had been only jeers or taunts at first, crowds come to listen with serious and sympathetic men.