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The Trial of Oscar Wilde, Paperback / softback Book

The Trial of Oscar Wilde Paperback / softback

Paperback / softback

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The Trial of Oscar Wilde tells the story of the infamous trial of the great Irish writer, Oscar Wilde and it has this passage: "It is wrong for us during the greater part of the time to handle these questions with timidity and false shame, and to surround them with reticence and mystery.

Matters relating to sexual life ought to be studied without the introduction of moral prepossessions or of preconceived ideas.

False shame is as hateful as frivolity. It is a matter of pressing concern to rid ourself of the old prejudice that we "sully our pens" by touching upon facts of this class.

It is necessary at all costs to put aside our moral, esthetic, or religious personality, to regard facts of this nature merely as natural phenomena, with impartiality and a certain elevation of mind."

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