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besides, explaining that the paper's apparent change of doctrinal attitude was due to no change of faith on his own part, but to the fact that it had been left temporarily in charge of “a young man without journalistic experience.”
It has been seen that Dana had already made the acquaintance of Horace Greeley, who was fast becoming, with his Tribune and his facile pen, one of the most influential men in the country.
It has been seen too that Greeley and his wife were sympathetic with Brook Farm, and especially so with its doctrines and plans.
This sympathy was doubtless the initial influence which led to Dana's connection with the Tribune, and to the long personal and professional intimacy which grew up between these remarkable men.
As a matter of interest, I have added in an appendix1 the address on Brook Farm already mentioned, which was delivered at the University of Michigan in January, 1895.
So far as the comparatively brief compass of this address permits, it is probably the most enlightening exposition of the society, its aims and character.
1 Page 517.
Harper and Brothers, New York and London, 1907.
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