Alfred Douglas — a remark

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“While I, necessarily, believe in free-will, I believe also in the influence of heredity.”

Balancing individual choice against inherited tendencies · The Autobiography of Lord Alfred Douglas, 1929

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Alfred Douglas

22 October 1870–20 March 1945

Alfred Bruce Douglas was born on 22 October 1870 at Ham Hill House, near Powick in Worcestershire, into a family whose rank, wealth, volatility, and theatrical public reputation would shape his life almost as powerfully as his literary gifts. He was the third son of John Sholto Douglas, ninth Marquess of Queensberry…

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