They make agriculture the basis
of their life, it being most direct and simple in relation to nature. A
true life although it aims beyond the stars, is redolent of the healthy
earth. The perfume of clover lingers about it. The lowing of cattle is
the natural bass to the melody of human voices."
Miss Peabody was one of the children's friends at the Farm. She was much
interested in the school and when she had something to say to us, the
classes all came together and listened to her pertinent words with
earnest attention. I cannot say as much for her co-worker, Margaret
Fuller. Her monologues in the parlor at the Hive failed to attract the
notice she evidently thought they deserved, and I am afraid, on the
whole, her experiences at the Farm were rather disappointing to her. She
occupied a room in the cottage, and I have heard that the little house
has since been called the Margaret Fuller Cottage, but no one ever
thought of so naming it in the early days.
Let not this record of a boy's impressions be read as detracting from
the luster shining about the memory of Margaret Fuller.
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