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WARREN, Josiah, reformer, born in 1799; died in Boston, Massachusetts, 14 April, 1874. He took an active part in Robert Owen's communistic experiment at New Harmony, Indiana, in 1825-'6, and was so discouraged by its failure that he was on the point of abandoning any further attempt in that direction when, as he said, "a new train of thought seemed to throw a sudden flash of light upon our past errors, and to show plainly the path to be pursued." He forth with gave up the idea of maintaining a communal system of society, and sought to attain the same ends through individual sovereignty. He held that the proper reward of labor was a like amount of labor, and elucidated his theory by a supposition. "If I am a bricklayer, and need the services of a physician, an hour of my work in bricklaying is the proper recompense to be given the physician for an hour of his services." He proved the sincerity of his belief in this idea by establishing what was known as the "time store '" in Cincinnati, Ohio, which he conducted with fair success for two years, giving and receiving labor-notes in transactions with his customers. He propounded his theories in a work entitled the "True Civilization," and some of his views elicited the commendation of John Stuart Mill.
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