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  • To put up the Phalanstery was the biggest job undertaken by the community and it taxed all available resources to the last dollar.

    My Friends at Brook Farm John Van Der Zee Sears

  • "Phalanstery" was burned that hope was destroyed, for all the available rooms were occupied with those living on the domain; and if there was to be no progress in material things, who would wish to invest in stock that had not paid a cent and in which there was but a slight chance of profitable return -- nay, more, which stood ten chances to one of being entirely lost?

    Brook Farm John Thomas Codman

  • The public edifice called the "Phalanstery" was destroyed by fire in 1846.

    Complete Project Gutenberg Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr. Works Oliver Wendell Holmes 1851

  • In Nicholas Riasanovsky's summary: "All members of a phalanx were to live in one huge building known as the Phalanstery, which served both as their residence and as the locale for most of their indoor activities.

    The Brussels Journal - The Voice of Conservatism in Europe 2009

  • In Nicholas Riasanovsky's summary: "All members of a phalanx were to live in one huge building known as the Phalanstery, which served both as their residence and as the locale for most of their indoor activities.

    The Brussels Journal - The Voice of Conservatism in Europe 2009

  • In Nicholas Riasanovsky's summary: "All members of a phalanx were to live in one huge building known as the Phalanstery, which served both as their residence and as the locale for most of their indoor activities.

    The Brussels Journal - The Voice of Conservatism in Europe 2009

  • So it was that the popular lecturer after an hour's earnest discourse came to the conclusion that these Brook Farmers were very impolite indeed as they were all talking together about plans for the new Phalanstery or some other equally important subject.

    My Friends at Brook Farm John Van Der Zee Sears

  • The Phalanstery was intended to be the home of the Phalanx.

    My Friends at Brook Farm John Van Der Zee Sears

  • Things were looking up in the Phalanx at this time, for money was coming from some sources to finish a portion of the "Phalanstery."

    Brook Farm John Thomas Codman

  • Phalanstery, it was impossible to account for the origin of any of them.

    My Friends at Brook Farm John Van Der Zee Sears

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