Which of the following is true of the Brook Farm community?
A) The community's leaders encouraged the use of hallucinogenic drugs to achieve pure thought.
B) The community's members believed that Jesus had returned and that the Last Judgment had begun.
C) The residents rejected formal education and intellectual endeavors.
D) The community's members believed that the spiritual transcends the worldly.

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The Brook Farm community was a Transcendentalist community that believed in the spiritual transcendence of the worldly. They believed in pursuing intellectual and artistic endeavors in a communal setting as a path towards spiritual fulfillment. They did not encourage the use of drugs, believe in the Second Coming of Jesus, or reject formal education.

Which of the Following Is True of the Brook Farm