man's bounty. "You cannot afford to accept anything 

 for nothing," he said. Life at Harmony Hall to him 

 was very much like life in a monastery, to which 

 stricken men flee when the old world seems too much 

 for them. " When all the people live the ideal life, I'll 

 live it, but until then I'm only one of the great many 

 strugglers." Besides, he felt that in missing university 

 training he had dropped something out of his life. Now 

 he would go to Germany and see for himself what he 

 had missed. 



While railroading he had saved up nearly four hun- 

 dred pounds. This money he had offered at one time 

 to invest in shares in the Owen mills. But Robert 

 Owen said, "Wait two years and then see how you 

 feel!" Jt> Jt> 



Robert Owen was no financial exploiter. Tyndall may 

 have differed with him in a philosophic way, but they 

 never ceased to honor and respect each other. 

 And so John Tyndall bade the ideal life good-bye, and 

 went out into the stress, strife and struggle resolved 

 to spend his two thousand dollars in bettering his 

 education, and then start life anew. 



LITTLE 

 JOURNEYS 



OBERT OWEN had been over to Amer- 

 ica and met Emerson, and very naturally 

 caught it. When he returned home he 

 presented Tyndall a copy of Emerson's 

 first book, the "Essay on Nature," pub- 

 lished anonymously. Tyndall read and re- 



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