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IN April 1882 my father died and I was at once whirled out of my l

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

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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

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