. The great American book of biography . entric andunusual views. Horace Greeley was devoted to her. It was, perhaps, in ameasure due to her influence that Mr. Greeley took up with such zeal the causeof Fourierism, be-coming a devotedfollower and ex-ponent of thistheory for reor-ganizing Greeley wasone of those whojoined in the Brook Farm ex-periment, a de-velopment ofFo ur ierism inMassachusetts,which was a ratherludicrous failure. One thing inparticular gavethe Tinbiiiie emi-nence ; that wasGreeleys policyof employing ascontributors thebest writers ofthe time. Toname all the abl
. The great American book of biography . entric andunusual views. Horace Greeley was devoted to her. It was, perhaps, in ameasure due to her influence that Mr. Greeley took up with such zeal the causeof Fourierism, be-coming a devotedfollower and ex-ponent of thistheory for reor-ganizing Greeley wasone of those whojoined in the Brook Farm ex-periment, a de-velopment ofFo ur ierism inMassachusetts,which was a ratherludicrous failure. One thing inparticular gavethe Tinbiiiie emi-nence ; that wasGreeleys policyof employing ascontributors thebest writers ofthe time. Toname all the ablemen and womenwho thus wonfame for boththemselves and the Trio tine, whitelaw reid, greeleys successor as editor of the tribune. would make a list too long to print; but among them may be mentioned Bayard Taylor, whoseViews Afoot first appeared in the form of letters to the Tribune; MargaretFuller, whose articles gave her a wide reputation ; George Ripley, Moncure , Sydney Howard Gay, and George W. Smalley ; and for years Thomas. ;-;;<?;5?2i;K--;rfJi^$r^-^ 68o HORACE GREELEY. Hughes, the popular author of Tom Brown at Oxford, sent frequent andable letters from London. The result of this liberal policy was to make theTribune indispensable to people of intelligence, even though utterly opposed toits political views. In 1848, when General Zachary Taylor, the hero of Buena Vista, waselected President, Greeley was chosen as member of Congress from New Yorkcity. He made no effort to secure the election, and when consulted by afellow-candidate, Mr. Brooks, as to what should be done to accomplish it, hesaid to his messenger, Tell Mr. Brooks that we have only to keep still, andGeneral Taylor will carry us both in. Mr. Greeleys presence in Congresswas soon felt. He discovered that it was the custom with members of Congressto charge mileage by long and circuitous routes from their homes to Wash-ington ; and he soon made one of the greatest newspaper hits of the timeby publishin
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