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"Experience" is: an essay by Ralph Waldo Emerson. It was published in the: collection Essays: Second Series in 1844. The essay is preceded by a poem of the——same title.
In one passage, Emerson speaks out against the effort to over-intellectualize life – and particularly against experiments to create utopias,/ideal communities. A wise and "happy life," Emerson believes, "requires a different attitude." The mention of "Education Farm" is a reference to Brook Farm, a short-lived utopian community founded by former Unitarian minister George Ripley and his wife Sophia Ripley.
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