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Edward Carpenter quotes: 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.

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.

Edward Carpenter quotes: With my somewhat vague aspiring mind, to be imprisoned in the rude details of a most material life was often irksome.

With my somewhat vague aspiring mind, to be imprisoned in the rude details of a most material life was often irksome.

Edward Carpenter quotes: Motherhood is, after all, woman's great and incomparable work.

Motherhood is, after all, woman's great and incomparable work.

Edward Carpenter quotes: Making a choice is like backing a horse - in a hundred years, they may decide you picked wrongly.

Making a choice is like backing a horse - in a hundred years, they may decide you picked wrongly.

Edward Carpenter quotes: The other thing that happened in 1883 was my reading of Thoreau's Walden.

The other thing that happened in 1883 was my reading of Thoreau's Walden.

Edward Carpenter quotes: I might have simply settled down into an armchair literary life. I really don't know exactly why I didn't.

I might have simply settled down into an armchair literary life. I really don't know exactly why I didn't.

Edward Carpenter quotes: IN April 1882 my father died; and I was at once whirled out of my land of dreams into a very different sphere.

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 quotes: I saw deep in the eyes of the animals, the human soul look out upon me.

I saw deep in the eyes of the animals, the human soul look out upon me.

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

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

Edward Carpenter quotes: Where there had been only jeers or taunts at first, crowds come to listen with serious and sympathetic men.

Where there had been only jeers or taunts at first, crowds come to listen with serious and sympathetic men.

Edward Carpenter quotes: Let your mind be quiet, realizing the beauty of the world, and the immense boundless treasures that it holds.

Let your mind be quiet, realizing the beauty of the world, and the immense boundless treasures that it holds.

Edward Carpenter quotes: Remember, the serpent is still living in the Garden of Eden. Only the heterosexual couple was expelled.

Remember, the serpent is still living in the Garden of Eden. Only the heterosexual couple was expelled.

Edward Carpenter quotes: But SACRIFICE does not mean 'death' at all. It means MAKING HOLY

But SACRIFICE does not mean 'death' at all. It means MAKING HOLY

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

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

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

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

Edward Carpenter quotes: We lived within two hundred yards of the sea, and its voice was in our ears night and day.

We lived within two hundred yards of the sea, and its voice was in our ears night and day.