..." On the whole it was such a society as has seldom met together, nor perhaps could it be reasonably expected to hold together long. Persons of marked...true and available mode of life might, be struck out. " While our enterprise lay all in theory, we had pleased ourselves with delectable visions of the spiritualization...

...us in a familiar way, sympathized more or less in our theories, and sometimes shared in our labors. On the whole, it was a society such as has seldom...be substituted, there was much less unanimity. We v did not greatly care — at least, I never did — for the written constitution under which our millennium...

...sticks, as some of us might be called — are not exactly the easiest to bind up into a fajjnt. Hut, so long as our union should subsist, a man of intellect...written constitution under which our millennium had commenced./QVly hope was, that, between theory and practice, a true and available mode of life might...

...together long. Persons of marked individuality—crooked sticks, as some of us might be called—are not exactly the easiest to bind up into a fagot But,...there was much less unanimity. We did not greatly care—at least, I never did—for the written constitution under which our millennium had commenced....

...negative. We had individually found one thing or anothei to quarrel with in our past life, and were prettj well agreed as to the inexpediency of lumbering along...true and available mode of life might be struck out. " While our enterprise lay all in theory, we had pleased ourselves with delectable visions of the spiritualization...

...crooked sticks, as some of us might be called — are not exactly the easiest to bind up into a faggot. farther. As to what should be substituted, there was much less unanimity. We did not greatly care —...

...aspirations interpolated in a narrative of social "progress." As Coverdale astutely observes, "Our bond . . . was not affirmative, but negative. We had individually...inexpediency of lumbering along with the old system any farther. As to what should be substituted, there was much less unanimity" (63). Thus distinguished...