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HEINRICH PESTALOZZI. IS
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or a hungry vagabond ; "but lie also noticed that his iriend ' s untidy appearance gave some occasion for such an opinion . He often used
to brush Pestalozzi ' s coat himself , or straighten his necktie or waistcoat . To show the inhabitants that the teacher of their
children was no vagabond , he walked with him arm-in-arm up and down the public place , and the two , by their conversations , taught
and encouraged each other . Gradually Pestalozzi's unselfish kindness won the hearts of the orphans to whom he was really master
and servant , father and mother , nurse and teacher ; and after much ingratitude and many insults the parents learnt finally to appreciate
him . He made many new experiments in education . Among other plan ' s
he tried were those of monitors , and simultaneous reading and speaking , about the same time that Bell tried the same method in
India , and Lancaster introduced it into a school in London . It was long before any regular instruction was possible ; but Pestalozzi did
not despair , he worked silently and gradually to arouse the feelings of his children for the good and the beautiful . In a short time
they lived together like brothers and sisters . the One expression of his fundam thereof ental ; first princi the ples thing was , and " First then the the feeling word . , ' then He
, explained and moralized very little ; but when there was an _opjDortunity to sow a good seed and to rouse a noble feeling , he did not
let it pass . Numerous instances might be told of this natural , sure mode of proceeding . The unavoidable punishments which he was
obliged to administer never made a bad impression , because he stood among them always as a loving father ; they did not
misinterpret his actions , because they could not misunderstand his heart . His conversations with the children and the way in which he led
them from one subject to another , are most charming , and would fill many pages . He thought less of teaching , reading , and writing ,
than of strengthening the powers of the soul and mind . He liked to see them occupied in two ways at once , mechanically and mentally ,
considering this a preparation for a thousand cases in lifewhere the attention must be divided , without being lessened . ,
One day , when a few poor emigrants had spent a night in the orphan house , one of them left a thaler in Pestalozzi ' s hand on
taking leave ; the latter at once called the children and said" These men do not know where they will find a shelter to-morrow , and yet
they give in their own need . Come and thank them . " ; When Altorf was burnt down in 1799 Pestalozzi assembled his
children and said , " Perhaps at this moment , a hundred children , are without roof , food , clothing . Shall we take twenty of them
amongst us ? " " Ah ! yes , " exclaimed they all , and shouted with joy eat . . " " He But represented then you will to them have to str work l more the difficulties , and will _wliich have less would to
ongy ensue to themselves ; but they determined to afford to others the ble
ssings they themselves enjoy eel . >
Heinrich Pestalozzi. Is
HEINRICH PESTALOZZI . IS
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English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Sept. 1, 1862, page 15, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01091862/page/15/
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