The sun., 1892-02-07

,nautty. In fact. tho watchword OF the place
was fraternity. not communism, People went
| TO live at Brook Farm on different terms
Some raid y stipulated prics f,r board, and
| thus freed themselves from any obligations TO
tnke part In nny domestic rr outdoor iabor.
| Others contributed smaller sums ana WORKED
| out the deficiency When IIecker went to West
Roxbury the establishment had seventy In
| mates. distributed In several buildings benr-
| in9s such names as the Hive. the ERIE. tho
Nest. and so on. Before his departure the
| number had risen to ninety. The in
come Of the association was derived from
various sources outside Of the sums paid for
| boari. There was school for young children.
presided over by Mrs. Ripley. assisted by
various pupil teachers. who thus partially re-
paid the community for their support Fruit.
milk. and vegetables when there were any to
spare. were sent to the Boston markets. Now
and then soRe well-to.do phianthrorist
would make donation. No one who entered
! was expected to contribute his whole income
to the general purse. unless such income would
not more than cover the actual expense In
CURED for him.
Isaac Kecker was never metnber OF the In
ner com mmunity whose aspirations and convic-
tions the farm was meant to embody. lie
entered ut frat as q partial boarder. paying
81 week. and undertaking also tho bread
making. which until then as he wrote to his
mother. had been very badly done. 1t will OF
course be understood that whatever was re-
ceived from any inmate, either In money or in
labor. was accepted not as mere return for
food and sheker. but az an equivalent for such
instruction as could be impaired by any other
member OF the association. There were at
Brook Farm many brilliant and competent
men and women, whose at.ainments not only
qualified them for the tasks they were then
assuming, but has since made them
eminent in American letters and journal
ism. George Ripley, for example, discoursed
on modern philosophy: George P. Bradford was
a thorough classical scholar, aud Charles 4.
Dana then fresh from Harvard was an enthusi-
asst for German literature and successful In
communicating both enthusiasm and knowl-
edge to his pupils. It was French and music
to which, as We learn from one of Hecker's
letters, he first addressed himself. Music,
by the way, was taught by John s. Dwight
To what other studies Hecker applied himself
We do not know, and 1t appears from letter Of
Mr. George William Curtis that he is
not remembered as having been especially
studious, PHILOSOPHICAL questions then. as
always interested him profoundly. but only
in SO far rs they led to practical re-
suits. He was at this time struggling TO attain
certainty with regard TO the nature and extent
OF Christian revelation, and what he sought
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eu."''on Mi.el' sou,. uos oe ms a' .'o'',.
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and lofty spirit OF its purpose. which was, es-
seh'ian!'.o p,'.ee. "saln,' 'ie sei'1siaess VI
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u's''"s'' ue'e''peu ii' .ne econon'ta' cci'u'-
''Vue .A niouein soeie.'' nAn' "s"ie 'ne eiIu-
he's " 'n'otnna''on open 10 Us fesaraihe 'nis
soe'o,'e'cal experiment. not one OF 'hem con-
'e!s ,'e 'e"s' trace ol 'ne se"ashhess Oh 'he
"oria' OF even a1y sieo OF ene eAsra'asahee OF
slH'ua1 pr'oe on 'he part ot .he iouh"ers
ana ehiet man oers OF the BROOK Farm
association. mat all men are brethren Was
the result OF tnelr study OF humanity. anu
that all ianor Is honoraele ana entitiedto equal