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Thus ends another epoch of Pestalozz riod which must have been filled with m of despondency, despair and deprivatior expressed by his statement in a letter to "Do you know that I have wanted the bar Do you know that until now I have kept c away from church, because I had neithe money to buy them? O Zschokke, do y I am the laughing-stock of the passerslook like a beggar? Do you know that! a thousand times I was obliged to go w and at noon, when even the poorest were s a table, I devoured a morsel of bread u way and all this that I might ministe of the poor, by the realisation of my princ Yet, happily, even in these dark times the of glorious sunshine. His writings had a certain extent, famous. He visited Ger came acquainted with Goethe, Wieland, H and other great men, in 1792; and in the

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had been the friend and helper of Pastor great educational work in the Ban de la was only too pleased to take Pestalozz Arrangements were being made for Pesta school in the canton of Argovie when wa the project. But though the war close it created another. On the 9th of Se the town of Stanz was burnt by the F people put to the sword with the gre Crowds of fatherless and motherless chil about destitute and homeless. Le Gran Pestalozzi to go to the rescue of the orp He gladly went.

The regulations and aim of the instit house-to be established are set forth issued by the Directory on the 5th of D They are: "(1) The immediate contro house at Stanz is entrusted to Citizen I Children of both sexes, taken from amor and specially from the orphans in the will be received in it and brought up free Children will not be received under th s the funds of the institution will s it is possible to do so without enustrial ends which are to be aimed - will be given during the manual

-buildings of the women's convent at ven up to the work of the institution, nt portion of the adjoining meadowngs will at once be repaired and fitted modation of eighty pupils, in accord_ns drawn up by Citizen Schmid, of or the founding of the asylum the Eerior will, once for all, place a sum of forty pounds at the disposal of the = Poor" [Pestalozzi; Truttman, the n; and Businger, the parish-priest of ree was based upon a plan drawn up warmly approved by Stapfer, Reng

a of work is given by Pestalozzi in a "The hours of work and study are ws: from six to eight, lessons; then Nothin

single room could be made use of, Pestalo forty children-very soon after increased and began his work. This was in January time of severe cold. Here, in this one roo master and pupils had to live both by day was made an experiment in practical ed history of which will, probably, never die months Pestalozzi worked like any slave killed himself by overwork. He was alm help: "I opened the establishment wit helper than a woman-servant". pared for the children: "Neither kitchen, beds were ready to receive them. At first source of incredible trouble. For the first f was shut up in a very small room; the w bad, and the alterations, which made a gre filled the corridors with rubbish, rendered unhealthy. The want of beds compelled m send some of the poor children home at nigh came back next day covered with vermin. "Most of them on their arrival were very specimens of humanity. Many of them ha

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