New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1880-07-08
BROOK FARM.


The death of George Ripley has furnished
the for appr@catye articles IN the Journals ana
usual eugH aad eaoofat0n' 1el, h"t raig s''oG-i
an these writes pass cufsOrY anu lnttlcutAc
maAbei the most 'a5 pii s f.rstr.td
refer, oi course, 20 Mr. ~ eY Horhl7i rs lu-tIe.cu
by tie community at Brook Farm a4d b. the greater
part Oh his writings.
The social philosophy Of THE eminent thinker sprong
from sources from his deep inner aith In democ
taught ~ err-on, ana from ms conce po. "
humanity ns taught Dr. IirrteF -. thrss Vl.l ea''l'
socslisni the lonca eonseqience; and ne commu
nifty al Brook Farm was e illii 40 once OF MS GENE
cratic corFclpha ana OF Ms "ei ii.'7 W w .4c
l. actory Improbable routine Of conventional society
~ be iouna forty years a' 'Aa-is u-o"nu MN III
Pc lad very few intimate frleos then or at any other
time. SET three men especially near 70 Nun, III
hu~ncng bis mind by their conYeTsatoh 1g WIl,lnks
These men George Bancroft. Orestes A. bfoWhscl'
doctrine OF liberty, liailtf ana a'tttI.f ,-u ~ t
iriue II humanity as living unity. they shared win
himi hi- CONCLUSIONS Conserving tu' ,t ~ III
democracy ID lew SOC al Iot'a '.iO5 ~ 80 49,,
otsbare His experiment they observed Win interest
ana 'y'nl@'hy' pu' ~ Ir IT, r lal Of 6isuction
Joined IN the enterprise ept Dr. IA" thorne, and ne
remained but q month or twq. investing rev huuuIti
dollars. which he HOOK care 10 recover y iaNsu''
afterWard. , n
YEARS aad finally dissolved ~ consequence OF we
destruction by fire OF its most Important ana costly
building BUl II this disaster lad not occurred Il msy
presently have come TO end The plan too large
for the means the pcoAts were insufficient, and The
t tine about Gt one hundred inmates including
scL0Olteachers, mechanics business men, farmers huu
~ trlbutioD Tor labor al employments We're paid -ub-
stantally alike; and thus persons who IN the w9rld
without could large salaries received no more iha
those who could only small ones; nut the great
difficulty was eROugh could not D. earned Tor al
the needs the establishments Tie world Is not yet
ripe for the Social Democracy.
Yet n Is not TOO much 20 say that every person who
was AT Brook Farm FOR length or time has ever
since looked back upon with feeling OF satisfaction
Tie healthy mixture OF manual and inellrctua aoor'
kindly aud unaffected social relations, the absence
OF everything like assumption or s-rYlty tho aluse-
ments the discus Ons, tAe Friendships Tue IDEAL anu
poetical atmosphere which gave charm 10 hle-
al these combine 10 create picture
toward which the mind Turns back WIN
pleasure az 10 something distant and beautiful not else
where met with amid the routine OF this world In due
time 10 ended and almost forgotten ana yet ~
remains alive and The purposes that inspired IL stu
dwell IN many minds In the case or air Ripley theF
remained as the soul II his philosophy, the sure ana
steady light which lighted up the dark places " Thought
ana action He was socialist and democrat 10 the
last. 80,
The same IS doubtless true OF others who were with
him and who have since been scattered in the ordinary
piaus and byways OF existence, The faith OF de
mOcracy the faith OF humanity the fatn hht MANKIND
are steadily growing toward society not OF AntHgoh
iSms but OF concord not OF artificial distinctions out
OF spiritual development, toward society com
maudng the forces OF external nature and convert
ing the earth into abode OF and beauty ex-
among men The mortal remains Of OF them are to-
day committed earth, but the faith survives I'D
mortal and cOusOing.
element,
far on divine event.
To which the whole creation moves"