"Is he a skilled and educated teacher?" some one LITTLE 

 asked Owen. JOURNEYS 



"Better than that," replied Owen, "he is a regular 

 firebrand of enthusiasm." 



And so Tyndall resigned his position with the railroad 

 and moved over to England, taking up his home at 

 "Harmony Hall." 



"Harmony Hall" was a beautiful brick building with 

 the letters C. M. carved on the corner stone in rec- 

 ognition of the Commencement of the Millennium. 

 The pupils were mostly workers in the Owen mills 

 who had shown some special aptitude for education. 

 The pupils and teachers all worked at manual labor 

 a certain number of hours daily. There was a most 

 delightful feeling of comradeship about the institution. 

 Tyndall was happy in his work. He gave lectures on 

 everything, and taught the things that no one else 

 could teach, and of course he got more out of the 

 lessons than any of the scholars. 



But after a few months' experience with the ideal 

 life, Tyndall had common sense enough to see that 

 Harmony Hall, instead of being the spontaneous ex- 

 pression of the people who shared its blessings, was 

 really a charity maintained by one Robert Owen. It 

 was a beneficent autocracy a sample of one-man 

 power, beautifully expressed jt ^ 



Robert Owen planned it, built it, directed it and made 

 good any financial deficit. Instead of socialism it was 

 a kindly despotism. A few of the scholars did their 

 level best to help themselves and help the place, but 



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