Returning home, Mr. Brisbane established a socialistic propaganda which
for ten years or more exercised a wide influence on the public mind of
this country land awakened an intense interest in the socialistic
movement. He translated the works of Fourier and published them at his
own cost. He had a column in Horace Greeley's _Tribune_ where he
expounded the new doctrines and gave practical instruction to his
followers. An eloquent and persuasive speaker, he lectured constantly
all over the country, and formed socialist clubs and societies and made
converts with whom he maintained an active correspondence. At flood tide
he estimated that the socialists in the United States numbered more than
200,000. I believe the records show forty-two communities organized on
the socialistic plan during the decade above referred to. There were two
in the state of New York; two in Pennsylvania, two in Ohio; two in New
Jersey, and two in Massachusetts, namely Hopedale and Brook Farm.
Of course Mr. Brisbane came to Brook Farm.
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