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Brook Farm

by John Thomas Codman

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Chapter II The Second Development

Thoughts on Reorganization—Fourier on Social Code—Mr. Ripley’s Action—Progress of Society—Theories by Fourier, etc.—Closing of the Transcendental Period—Reorganization, and the Industrial Period.

Chapter III Personal Experiences and Descriptions

Departure from Boston, and Arrival at the Farm—Description of the Place—Attica—Personal Occupations, etc.—The Wild Flowers.

Chapter IV The Industrial Period

Descriptions of Members: The “General,”; Ryckman, Blake, Drew, Orvis, Cheevers—William H. Charming, and Albert Brisbane,—S. Margaret Fuller—Ralph W. Emerson—Theodore Parker and Mr. Ripley’s Joke.

Chapter V The Rush and Hum of Life and Work

Many Visitors—An Odd Visitor—The Groups and Series, etc.—The
Workshop—My first Spring—Death and Funeral—The Amusement Group,
Dances, Walks and first Summer.

Chapter VI The “Harbinger,” and Various Subjects

The Harbinger Published; Editors and Contributors, Its Characteristics and Effect—The Industrial Phalanx—The Phalanstery—A Financial Report—The Grahamites, and their Table—John Allen and Boy—The Visitation of Small-pox.

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