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Life and fFrztings t>f Herder. 829
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: ACCOUNT OF HERDER'S LIFE AND WRITINGS.
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which spine ef > our associationsseem constructed asM fop the yept / ipurpose of tariCotfoditigir perhaps we shall sodnhave 4 xPasJalozaiao ^ association , thoaigh ; we O 0 ii 6 ve * of all the Pestalozzian schools ; in this country * thetfe are seatde se ^ which Pefctalo zz i would have thoroughly approved ^ o £ ; not because they ? were opposed to " iiis system / ' ( fot we donbtw ^ Hetheri he ever had one , ar > i whether bis jfiost prevailing dislike wafc not to systems of ecloeaiioit , ) b ^ became 7 they would appear to him defective on inglorious m some part of
theii adiisiiastfatioiiyjof mode of conveying instruction . Mmveter * , Pestalozzian schools there are , with or without real claims taW so named * just as there are Abernethy biscuits , unsanctioned perhaps by Mr . Abernethyo And they may be as good as they would have been , p £ rMps the better , for bearing the name of a good man , whose life was a life of love 5 and earnest 9 and unrequited , and often misrepresented ^ endeavours to serve ? and cheer and comfort , and improve ., his fellow-creatures .
Life And Ffrztings T>F Herder. 829
Life and fFrztings t > f Herder . 829
: Account Of Herder's Life And Writings.
: ACCOUNT OF HERDER ' S LIFE AND WRITINGS .
: Account Of Herder's Life And Writings.
( Concluded from p . 739 . ) HIjbrimer continued to discharge his pastoral duties at Riga 5 with genera acceptable ness and increasing reputation ,, Here * in 17679 he published the first ^ edition of his * ' Fragments on ghe Modern German Literature ;•• and this was : soon followed by a work , which he entitled , in imitation of Statius
and Jacob Balde , " Critical Words . " In both these productions , he zealoasJy attached himself to the party of Winkeimann and Lessing , in opposition to the followers of Klotz ; and animadverted with so much severity on the fetter , that he made himself some enemies and became involved in very disagreeable disputes . These circumstances had an unfavourable influence on his professional character and usefulness , and at last proved so annoying to him , that he resolved , in order to dissipate his thoughts , and in the
fulfilment of a wish which he had long secretly cherished , to undertake a journey into foreign countries . Want of intercourse with literary men and of readier access to books , formed the chief inconvenience which he experienced in his situation at Riga ; and both of these deficiencies , he hoped ia some degree to supply during his tour « One of his main objects wass to acquire such a perfect acquaintance with the French language and literature , ttrat , from this higher point of view , he niiglht form a more impartial estimate of
German literature ; and another , which he considered still more important , to visit ail the chief places of education and institutions for the promotion of learning , in France , Holland , and Germany , with the view of establishing at Riga , on his return , under the patronage of the government , a ^ Livooian National Institute of Education . '' Full of these projects , he obtained leave of absence from the Council at Riga ; asad on the 5 th of June ,, 1769 ^ set sail for Nantes ^
After spending some time at Nantes , in order to acquire a * facility in speaks ing French * Herder proceeded to Paris , where he employed himself in visiting the libraries ., and collections of various kinds , and in seeing " , all that was curious and elegant ; and where he was introduced to several vken of eminence in science and literature ,, aod amongst others to D Akmbert ? Diderot 2
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Dec. 2, 1830, page 829, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/mrp_02121830/page/29/
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