Romantic days in old Boston; the story of the city and of its people during the nineteenth century . be possible to bring culti-vated, thoughtful people together, and make asociety that deserved the name. There ismention, in this connection, of a conference atthe house of Dr. John C. Warren, which ended with an oyster supper crowned by excellentwines. One does not wonder, after hearingthe setting for his appeal, that the ex-ministerdid not win many converts that night and thatall his hearers found themselves with otherthings to do. Even Emerson, when approached in thematter, replied negatively
Romantic days in old Boston; the story of the city and of its people during the nineteenth century . be possible to bring culti-vated, thoughtful people together, and make asociety that deserved the name. There ismention, in this connection, of a conference atthe house of Dr. John C. Warren, which ended with an oyster supper crowned by excellentwines. One does not wonder, after hearingthe setting for his appeal, that the ex-ministerdid not win many converts that night and thatall his hearers found themselves with otherthings to do. Even Emerson, when approached in thematter, replied negatively, giving as his frankreason for so doing that investments in Concordwere securer than they were likely to be atBrook Farm. (Later, he compared Brook Farmto a French Revolution in small.) Yet hisrefusal seems to have been due less to disin-clination to venture his money than to hisinherent dislike of organization, and to hisexaggerated reverence for his own discerning woman once said that it would notbe difficult to confess to Mr. Emerson, butthat he would be shocked at the proposition. % 9 2 t;
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