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HEINRICH PESTALOZZI. 13
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lie blishment and his for wife fifty taug children ht them that to same speak year to . sing Whilst to count they worked to ,
to use their senses ; thus forming their , minds , and warming , pray their , hearts .
all But kinds Pestalozzi of irregularities was too good broke to in be ; he able was to cheated master unrul on all y boys sides ; . five
IFor lying in years himself he worked as he under expressed continue in these d difficulties words , : the " God greatest has
and taug that ht me men that must He , patientl has no p y leasure wait till in the an time offering and hour of unri have pe come fruit , .
manufacture in My this ideal foundation for , and the commerce education . Even of the to- poor day I embraced do not see agriculture any error ,
could the practical have supp details lied ; ; but my I was my defects not mind , rich therefore did enough not enter my to scheme emp fully loy enoug those failed h . who into I
neglected and lost myself in a whirl of powerful desire to see end within results , my did the own not foundations mind . it because Had of which I done I thi had s , I not should sufficientl have gained y worked my
. I gain , I was not worthy of it . I allowed love of truth and right to become a passion in me , which drove fixing me on themselves the -waves in of sure life ground like a reed and , finding and prevented the food my which aims was from so
essential to their success . But I , learnt immeasurable truth b immeasurable exertion ; my conviction of the truth of views y my
my was never stronger than when they apparently failed . My heart learnt yearned to always know the towards misery the of same the peop goal le , " and and in its my sources own even misery more I
deeply than any happy man can know them . " much In 1780 tried man the school he would was broken have w up asted ; it his was j > owers a good to littl thin e g for the
, purpose _. m He ent had of the gained childish experi mind ence , , and had obtained learnt something a few notions of the on develop rational
education . But he had to endure much mockery and misunderstanding ; many of his friends were ashamed of himhis creditors
pressed him , his wife was very ill , and he and his children , suffered ixom he wants hunger to and hel cold ! " Unhappy man , " people used to say ,
p be " hysiognomist sure , he will , seemed end p others his to days understand and in cannot an asy him hel lum p and . " himself sai Lavat d . " er If He , the I is were mad great a ;
sovereign , I should consult Pestalozzi about , all that , refers to the country people and their improvementbut I should never put
penny into his hands ! " , a In this time of great misery and overtyPestalozzi again
p , when came to by Zurich a luck . y M chance any of , the his friends painter consid Fiissli ered ( or him Fuseli past as all he hel was p ,
talent called abolish when for the writing old settle hunchb d . in At ack London that ed gate time ) accidentall -keepers the government and y discovered to have was modern , his about friend _stiflf to ' s
Heinrich Pestalozzi. 13
_HEINRICH PESTALOZZI . 13
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1862, page 13, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091862/page/13/
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