If any imagine from the literary tone of the preceding remarks that we are indifferent to the radical movement for the benefit of the masses which is the crowning glory of the nineteenth century, they will soon discover their egregious mistake.
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To that movement, consecrated by religious principle, sustained by an awful sense of justice, and cheered by the brightest hopes of future good, all our powers, talents, and attainments are devoted.
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| Birth: | 3rd October, 1802 |
| Death: | 4th July, 1880 |
| Nationality: | American |
| Profession: | Journalist, Social Reformer |
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George Ripley was born in Greenfield, Massachusetts, USA. He was an American social reformer and journalist associated with Transcendentalism. He was the founder of the short-lived Utopian community Brook Farm in West Roxbury, Massachusetts. He completed his studies at Harvard College in 1823. After Brook Farm's failure, he was hired by Horace Greeley at the New York Tribune. He also published the New American Cyclopaedia, which made him financially successful. He then edited Harper's Magazine. Together with Bayard Taylor he compiled a Handbook of Literature and the Fine Arts.
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