Simon Evans on JS Mill
Great Lives
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The Importance of Emotional Freedom
The poet said he had nothing left to live for and suicide was an option. He describes himself as discovering poetry, the importance of his emotional side. It is words worth in particular, wasn't it? But I find it fascinating this, the idea that somebody who has had an overly austere education finds words with the great release and engagement with his emotional side that he is needed.
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