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10 HEINEICH PESTAIX>ZZI.
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When Heinfich -was scarcely six years old , his father died ; three little children were left to the care of a dear tender motherfaith- '
, fully assisted by a servant , whom the dying father had _begged not : to abandon his wife . She kept her promise religiously , shared
all the privations of the poor family , and lightened the burden of the without anxious mother or necessity . "When she the used children to tell wanted them : to run "Why about will
you hard spoil purpose your mother clothes works , and to wear procure , out your you a shoes good uselessl education y ? Look ; she does how
not allow your herself any pleasure for your sake . " In order to buy vegetables and fruit cheaply , Babeli , the servant , would not grudge
the trouble of going to market three or four times a day , watching the momentwhen the market people wanting to go home , would
, allo , Young w her to Heinrich make a good was bargain always . delicate , but full of feeling ; he
became a true mother ' s son , and was fall of affection and tenderness . careless He was things subject to he fits was of untid absenc and e of had mind always , and to would be reminded do the of most his _¦••
; y , manners : of one bad habit , he never corrected himself , —when deeply thinkinhe used to chew the corner of his necktie ! and in some
accounts g , of later years , a friend would say : "I met him chewing his cravat ; but he accosted me with words full of meaning . "
The first year at school was a hard trial for him , particularly ashe had been deprived of the vigorous guidance of a father . He
had much trouble in learning to write , and the schoolmaster thought ' he would never do much good . In later years , he was one of the
best pupils ; but still now and then he would , in fits of absence , make worse mistakes than the most backward scholar ; he took in exactly
and vividly the things he was taught , but seemed always indifferent and oblivious as to form . of the of ¦
When at the University , he had the benefit teaching their Bodmer , ils Breitinger with feelings , and Steinbriich of patriotism el , who self- knew sacrifice how libert to insp y and ire
pup , , Independence He spent all . his In Pestalozzi holidays at such his seeds grandfather fell on fertile ' sthe ground minister . at
, of Hongg the Lake , a village of Zurich picturesquel . The influence y situated of on the the ious Limmat , the old outlet man _^ pgrave
made such deep impression on the boy , that in later , years he often ¦ said : " If a child is to attain true piety , he must live early with ' love the
true Christians . " At Hongg , Pestalozzi learnt to know and the by who country every injustice at that peop one tim le . with ; e When he were which was subj about full the ect town of fourteen to symp th sp em eop ath , . le he y Even treated for was others then much the and he country impressed vowed was b peop eloved in his le by , ¦
heart that he mi would ht be hel able p the to peop do le to their Pestalozzi rights . wished to be
preacher ' . That he ; but g his first attempt failed good _; , he could not limit himself to a
the given form , —a parish seemed too small a field for his ardent desire .
10 Heineich Pestaix>Zzi.
10 _HEINEICH PESTAIX > ZZI _.
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1862, page 10, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091862/page/10/
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