As to the assumption that Margaret Fuller served as a model
for Zenobia, that seems to me so far fetched as to be near absurdity.
Hawthorne visited Brook Farm occasionally, and I remember seeing him, a
large, handsome man, walking up and down the Knoll or seated under the
big elm, alone. He had not then attained fame and did not attract
attention as a celebrity.
My industrial education was not confined to the cow-stable. At different
times I worked in the green-house with John Codman, in the fields and
meadows with everybody, and in the orchard and tree-nursery with Mr.
Dana. On one occasion teacher and pupil were sitting on the ground,
budding peach-seedlings, when a stranger approached and demanded a
hearing. Gerrish had brought him out and had directed him to Vice
President Dana as the authority he should consult. "Free speech, here,"
said the vice-president, without looking up from his work.
Speaking freely, the visitor announced that his mission was to save
souls, and he had a message of warning to deliver to sinners in danger
of eternal punishment.
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