. Centennial history and handbook of Indiana : the story of the state from its beginning to the close of the civil war, and a general survey of progress to the present time . Scenes in Turkev-Run, Parke County. 98 CENTENNIAL HISTORY AND HANDBOOK OF INDIANA by which the value of everything is to be meas-ured. As these ideas were also shared by Owenit seems very likely that they would have metserious obstacles to success even had the leadersproceeded in perfect harmony with each other. The Successes of New Harmony.—GeorgeB. Lockwood, in his very thorough study of thiswhole subject, speaks in hap


. Centennial history and handbook of Indiana : the story of the state from its beginning to the close of the civil war, and a general survey of progress to the present time . Scenes in Turkev-Run, Parke County. 98 CENTENNIAL HISTORY AND HANDBOOK OF INDIANA by which the value of everything is to be meas-ured. As these ideas were also shared by Owenit seems very likely that they would have metserious obstacles to success even had the leadersproceeded in perfect harmony with each other. The Successes of New Harmony.—GeorgeB. Lockwood, in his very thorough study of thiswhole subject, speaks in happy paradox of thefailure of George Rapps success and the suc-cess of Robert Owens failure, and among thesuccesses of the Owen regime he particularlyspecifies the educational influences that emanatedfrom there. The ideas of Pestalozzi, introducedby Maclure and Joseph Neef, made their impressin time on the educational history of the was a nursing place for first things, the first. Home of George Rapp, Harmonie, 1824. infant school and kindergarten in the country,the first distinctively trade school, the first realpublic-school system and the first school to offerequal advantages to boys and girls, all being ac-credited to the New Harmony experiment. Robert Owens Successors.—Nor was thisall by any means. When Robert Owen, discour-aged, retired from the field he left able menestablished permanently on the ground, andthough the social experiment, as such, ceasedto be, their activities did not cease. It becamelater, as previously said, a scientific center ofwide reputation and influence, and the town tookon a character that is to the present day quitedistinctive and superior, while through some ofits citizens, particularly Robert Dale Owen, itsmost distinguished public man, and a direct prod- uct of the original New Harmony idea, it exertedno small influence in the affairs of the State. Status of Women at New Harmony.—Onedevelopment that should not be overlooke


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