Although it was an exciting miniature university, the transcendentalists' Brook Farm community failed in part because many of the intellectuals who participated disliked farm labor.

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Brook Farm, intended as a utopian community combining intellectual pursuits with agricultural labor, struggled in part because many of its intellectual members were not inclined towards or skilled in the physical demands of farming, contributing to its eventual failure.

Although It Was an Exciting Miniature University, the Transcendentalists' Brook