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padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_Owen&oldid=297098497"><P><B>Robert Owen</B> (14 May 1771–17 November 1858), born in <A title="Newtown, Powys" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Newtown,_Powys">Newtown</A>, <A title="Montgomeryshire" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomeryshire">Montgomeryshire</A>, <A title="Wales" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wales">Wales</A> was a social reformer and one of the founders of <A title="Socialism" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Socialism">socialism</A> and the <A class="mw-redirect" title="Cooperative movement" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cooperative_movement">cooperative movement</A>.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_Owen&oldid=297098497"><P>Owen's philosophy was based on three intellectual pillars:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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a furious bigot and fanatic; or a miserable hypocrite</I>; (in dotage, he embraced <A class="mw-redirect" title="Spiritualism (religious movement)" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spiritualism_(religious_movement)">Spiritualism</A>).<SUP class="reference" id="cite_ref-0"><A href="#cite_note-0"><SPAN>[</SPAN>1<SPAN>]</SPAN></A></SUP></LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_Owen&oldid=297098497"><li style="margin-left:16px;padding-left: 0px;">Third, support for the <A title="Putting-out system" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Putting-out_system">putting-out system</A> instead of the <A title="Factory system" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Factory_system">factory system</A><SUP title="This claim needs references to reliable sources from December 2008" class="noprint Template-Fact">[<I><A title="Wikipedia:Citation needed" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Citation_needed">citation needed</A></I>]</SUP>.</LI></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; 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