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Edward Carpenter Inspirational Quotes (9)

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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 capitalist, is obvious.
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I saw deep in the eyes of the animals, the human soul look out upon me.
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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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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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IN April 1882 my father died and I was at once whirled out of my land of dreams into a very different sphere.
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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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Remember, the serpent is still living in the Garden of Eden. Only the heterosexual couple was expelled.
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Making a choice is like backing a horse - in a hundred years, they may decide you picked wrongly.
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My ideas had been taking a socialistic shape for many years but they were lacking in definite outline.
Edward Carpenter