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The love that dare not speak its name

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There is nothing unnatural about it. It is intellectual, and it repeatedly exists between an elder and a younger man, when the elder man has intellect, and the younger man has all the joy, hope and glamour of life before
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It is that deep, spiritual affection that is as pure as it is perfect
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In Wilde's definition, "the love that dare not speak its name" was:
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is a phrase from the last line of the poem "Two Loves" by
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such as Plato made the very basis of his philosophy
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uch a great affection of an elder for a younger man
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Lord Alfred Douglas
The Chameleon
Oscar Wilde
gross indecency trial
euphemism
homosexuality
The Love That Dares to Speak Its Name
James Kirkup
"The love that dare not speak its name"
"Testimony of Oscar Wilde"
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1890s quotations
Quotations from literature
English phrases
LGBTQ linguistics
Oscar Wilde

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