“By my own experience and reflection I had ascertained that human nature is radically good, and is capable of being trained, educated and placed from birth in such manner, that all ultimately (that is as soon as the gross errors and corruptions of the present false and wicked system are overcome and destroyed) must become […]
Early life of Robert Owen
From ‘The Life of Robert Owen’, written by himself’ (1857) Recollections of my Early Life [1771 – 1786] 1 As it appears in the family great Bible, I was born in Newtown, Montgomeryshire, North Wales, on the 14th of May 1771. My father was Robert Owen. He was born in Welshpool, and was brought up […]