I remember him as a tall,
rather slender young man, somewhat bent forward, alert and impulsive in
manner, quick of gesture and of speech, and a charming talker. Filled
with enthusiasm, glorying in the great cause he stood for,
self-sacrificing, giving himself absolutely to the redemption of
humanity, he converted the Farmers to the Fourierite theories and
induced them to put these theories to the test of actual experiment.
Minot Pratt and one or two other skeptics left the Association, but the
rest of the members unanimously voted to reorganize as a Fourierite
Phalanx.
When this was accomplished Mr. Brisbane made Brook Farm a sort of
headquarters for the Socialistic propaganda, and enlisted several of the
members as lecturers and teachers of humanitarian science. _The
Harbinger_ was established as the Fourierite organ in this country.
Dr. Ripley and Mr. Dana were the editors, and it was a Brook Farm
publication. There was, however, very little of Brook Farm news in its
columns, and no advertising.
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