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THE INSTITUTIONS OF EOEWYIi. 21
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twent At twelve -five years older of age than De himself Fellenberg , and who saw was Pestalozzi one of , the wlio great was years
ioneers y in the educational movement of the present century . p mother A . few on years -a visit after to this the chateau period De of Koni Fellenberg gsfelclen went , and with near his it His
chanced to be a house inhabited by insane persons . youthful heart his mothe was r affected , taking advantage with the . si of ght the and of sympathy there their made wretched disp him layed condition take by the her , most son and ,
solemn drew him vows aside to devote to her chamber himself to , the alleviation of human misery . She then knelt down beside him , and in the most fervent manner he had uttered
this Surel besoug yy ht never in God after was to enable the prayer ! her Nor of son a . in to parent tracing fulfil . more the the vow full favorable y answered circum than . -
stances was which assisted years to develop , in the young patrician sympathy for the ' the influence degraded and position , le of of his his fellow father - . creatures A discourse , ought delivered we to omit hy examp
the the necessit elder De Fellenberg of improving , as national President education of the Helvetic in Switzerland Societ , y deep , upon ly impressed him y , and for a time his mind was wholly absorbed in the
consideration of - the subject . His father ' s anxiety for the welfare of his country deeply affected his mind , and was one of the means
of At determining this eriod his when ftiture his career youthful . companions were only thinking
of amusement p Emanuel , De Fellenberg was anxiously engaged in which seeking he out felt every , himself method called of fitting To render himself himself for the independent great work to of
. artificial wantshe endeavored to . harden his constitution , giving the delicate , dishes of his father ' s table for the simplest fare .
up At sixteen of heat his own request , left home , that he mi father ght better in the prepare years service of himself age his , country _^ to follow under . After the examp studying le of for he his sonxe proceede patriotic time d
health in to the different German was parts at last Universities of injured Switzerland ) by where he his , resumed he app resided lication village his for pastors to active some stud , y investi years , and . gation being His
different into thus the obliged parts state to of of desist his it ; he country tfroin travelled it . , Some with years his knapsack were spent on in and his visiting back often ,
generall extending y on his foot journey , resting into in other the parts farm-houses of the Continent and villages . , His obserwell
vations awell all - tended conducted to convince education him was . that , with to women produce as domestic as men necessary
, , happ IiL iness . 179 . 5- and the public dangers prosperity threatened . to Switzerland from the French
the Revolution fall of Robesp , led De ierre Fellenberg threatened . He returned to it France and to immediatel his , where own country lie ende arrived full avored y alive after to to the dangers that y
excite his fellow-citizens to avoid them , by , sacrificing the exclusive
The Institutions Of Eoewyii. 21
THE INSTITUTIONS OF _EOEWYIi . 21
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1861, page 21, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091861/page/21/
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