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James Parton, The life of Horace Greeley, Chapter 16: the Tribune and Fourierism. (search)
egard to the practical working of association, I point you to the fact that association and civilization are one. They advance and recede together. In this age we have large steamboats, monster hotels, insurance, partnerships, joint stock companies, public schools, libraries, police, Odd Fellowship—all of which are exemplifications of the idea upon which association is based; all of which work well as institutions, and are productive of incalculable benefits to mankind. H. J. Raymond. Dec. 24th. Of course;—but association assumes to shape and govern the details of social life, which is a very different affair. One group, it appears, is to do all the cooking, another the gardening, another the ploughing. But suppose that some who want to be cooks are enrolled in the gardening group. They will naturally sneer at the dishes cooked by their rivals, perhaps form a party for the expulsion of the cooks, and so bring about a kitchen war. Then, who will consent to be a member of the bo