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Wilde In The Office

Following the haymarket affair of 1886, where seven police officers and four civilians were killed in Chicago during a labour rally, Oscar Wilde signed a petition which supported the anarchists who were claimed to have placed the fatal bombs in the area. Less than six months after signing this petition, which was prepared by George Bernard Shaw and endorsed by Friedrich Engels, among others, Wilde began working for a fashion magazine, comparable to today’s Vogue.

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    Sometimes, I really love humanity. The head-over-heels, disconcertingly obsessive, does-my-hair-look-okay sort of love.
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