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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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Edward Carpenter
Age: 84 †
Born: 1844
Born: August 29
Died: 1929
Died: June 28
Philosopher
Poet
Writer
Hove
East Sussex
Edward Carpenter
Might
Really
Armchair
Life
Armchairs
Settled
Literary
Exactly
Simply
Didn

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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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