If any one should  importune me to give a reason why I loved him [Stephen de la Boetie] I  feel it could no otherwise be expressed than by making answer, 'Because  it was he; because it was I.'" -from "Montaigne on Friendship" Socialist  advocate, progressive educator, and amateur mystic, Edward Carpenter is  perhaps best remembered today for his conflicted homosexuality, and his  name remains a rallying point of gay communities in Britain. This  circumspect 1902 work draws on and quotes from a panoply of impressive  sources, from the Iliad and Tacitus's military commentary to Saint  Augustine and Herman Melville's account of his 1841-5 journey through  the Pacific Islands, to explore the idea of "friendship"-that is, male  homosexuality-in cultures around the planet and throughout history. This  lovely book is a poignant reminder of a more cautious time. British  activist and writer EDWARD CARPENTER (1844-1929) produced books and  pamphlets on a wide variety of subjects; his works include Prisons,  Police, and Punishment (1905) and The Religious Influence of Art (1870).  He is best known for his epic poem cycle, Towards Democracy (1883).

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