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HEINEICH PESTAJLOZZI. 11
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Then he turned to the law , thinking that would afford him greater scope to redress the wrongs of the people . He studied -very hard , and
s o u f pp ff such ering osed tender bravel he feelings found y many the as abuses Pestalozzi road too mmi , i intricate t tt was ed by a time the and mag of too much istrates long work t ; to fulfil and one
his heart ' s desire of making the people happy . Continuing to enter into all their wants and troubleshe came to the conviction
that the great source of their misery , in moral and mental lectand he exclaimed : "I have found it ! I must become a
Schoolmaster neg , . " He now turned his whole mind to the consideration as to how the education of the people might be improved .
At this time Rousseau ' s Emile fell into his hands . This remarkable : remedies book , wri . tten Rousseau in an age wished of ex to tremes recall , poin a perfect ted to state other of extremes nature , to as
educate his Emile in a primitive simplicity , away from all luxury to and make error him , to learn banish direct all books from , nature because . Rousseau many contained also thoug error ht s much , and
of a harmonious development of the mental and physical powers , — a happy union of the theoretical and practical , —and thought that
those who devoted themselves to mental work , ought at the same time to acquire some mechanical art , partly to keep the powers in equilibriumpartly to have some occupation to fall back upon in
case the other , did not succeed . The fundamental ideas of Rousseau struck Pestalozzi , and
thenceforward he devoted his life to influence the heart and _develojo the intellect by means Nature herself has ready for us at any time in :
agriculture and made , sever com al merce exp , eriments and ma how nufac to ture unite , with practical mental teaching _trainings But he aimed hiher than Rousseau ; he aspired to educate good
Christians . g He desiredabove allto make the school a happy place ; to live
, , and like taste an affectionat accustom e father them with to order his children and activit , * to ascertain and teach their them talents to
give their ; full attention to mental as well as mech y ; anical work . , But he had at first to educate himself to a more practical life ;
a He the learnt attainment in farming 1768 of spent 1 , which himself all he his working thoug small ht like mean such a common s a in boon the servant purchase for his , and country of after 10 G . ;
acres year of , cheap land , , not far from the romantic Castle of Hapsburg , there and entering which he into called partnershi Neuhof p with beautiful a firm of and Zurich costl , he but built most a house uny
practically arranged . . A successful , experiment made , by a neighabove Pestalozzi boring all farmer , hoped to try in to the procure cultivating same , the he means promised madder to carry himself on out poor much some land success of , his induced p , lans and
daug for . ' Meantime the hter improvement of , a he rich became merchant of the acquainted peop . le Notwithstanding . with Anna his Schulthess poverty , , ' the his .
Heineich Pestajlozzi. 11
HEINEICH _PESTAJLOZZI . 11
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1862, page 11, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091862/page/11/
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