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were * ' his > &dlkigsM that' * even the jmeniion ofMs spngitoab ^ perelion pBjg&jJiy affectted ^ iift . 3 3 # his ^ iiwormouirtabie wea ^ nes ^ agaia Aerang&b hte l&llis&arlfl his ^ twbartia ^^ mem he applied to his fnend £ ^ merkhi 9 ^< i ^ M 4 i ^ fieji b |^ sehoo ^ Ml ^ v sat' M Mtr uivgeri , and disclosed I to , hiai ) ithfii w ^^ b ^ hD ^ P ^
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congen . feAiilohfe ^ hai'acter and genius , and , for the firstrAne ^ flefe per % 2 i < i y satisfied an $ ^ & |>^ ywv ^ Hi $ frieiltd the su rgeon , whohadbrgiii ^ htfh ^ fjb ^^ vy ni ^ b ^ g ^^ m % ^> niewhat disconcerted , as might be exrjectedy at thisebafvge of purpose ;> 4 nd represented to him in strong terms the poor exchange which ^ lie-hiad-niade of the brilliant prospectS : Offered- 'himrifii ' 4 he ; . riP 0 ( y ^ pnofesgfiimi'actiPeterRburgh , for the very best situation which te . Gpuldo ^ yjer
hoprHafobtain' as a Prussian parish-priest . Herder , however * was S 3 li $ 6 ed with his choice ; and , after faithfully executing for his friend the traaskti ^ n , wfeich ? he bad undertaken , of his medical treatise into Latin , applied hitoself with th ^ greatest zeal to his new pursuits . He wrote to his friends ; alpMofetrungerf ; to inform them of his altered views ; but promised that hevw > uld ? bf no additional burden to them , as he would find the means , by private ^ Jr of
tion ^ mai ntaining himself . A small sum was , however , raisedLfQr *^© amongst Ws friends ; but this , when added to his gains by teachii ^ afforded after all a vety scanty maintenance ; and he often related , in after jyLfe *? -that raaiiy ^^ day he had subsisted on one or two small rolls . At the uaMer ^ ity he < hadsthe Opportunity of benefiting by the instructions of some eroitteat men , and , amongst the rest , of the celebrated Kant , who , at that tj ^ ev ^ gf turedon Lt > gic , Metaphysics , Morals , Mathematics , and PhysicaVGeograpJij * At the house of the bookseller Kanter , to whom he had become known by
his ^ little poem «« To Cyrus , the grandson of Astyages ^^ he always ; foaiid ^ welcome reception . Kanter allowed him the free use of the btoks -i ^ fe ^ collection , and introduced him to several men of letters who freque » te 4 J ^ 5 shop , in return for these kindnesses , Herder wrote little essays aad poems for the Kdnrgsberg Chronicle , which was then published by Kantter ^ *^ Ktiw In i 763 he obtained , in consequence of his eminent abilities and Jwa many friends , an appointment as teaeher in the Fred © ric ! s > -Gollege Btol ^ f nigsberg , where he distinguished himself by the zealous / and effeotoiaJU ^ SH cfe ^ irge of Ws ? daties . Herder doe s not appear to have altogether relived !^
spirit of this establishment , which was formal andiipedantiQ * n Qi » uoC ^ inspedtors ^ Bsisted ^ oti Herder ' s mounting a peruke as an indiBp € » sal | l ^/ i l ^ 4 quisite to in efficient teacher ; but in spite of this ; Herded jmiferr ** rA * bB cheaper © Bering of his own natural ham His spirit ^ f ^ u reS ^ nd ^^ te piety was more especially revolted by the sanctimonious ^ i ri ? M * ffegmi which . tHenreigned in the college ^ and which proQured / fofrtit ^ h ^ oaw e ^ f ^© V Jiace ' of i ^ ietisb * ' fPietisten-Herbcrge / L t Hia ^ tcdiia >^ tr ^ iuanwwsed ifi 1763 , b y having a stipendium assigned him , whlfch ^ xwiilv- hi » sttitelioillin tim coUtine ^ Bet hrai rnor ^ e at ease , and left bim more ^ isjtim / faDlto U fViQsMu-Ahiil jlfoImd ^ f ^ r $ 6 r
trcntifof hia studies . He alvv ^ y s ^ haw ^ vevfcCtti ^ pivcdi i o $ | hims ^ flbyin ^ tucting othei ^ and continued tb j ^^ higtecestiipaiiotl ,. < isf . ( f , v \ uv . ,- u < a •)»<; :. . t ^ ti ^ i . b ) -i . ^ . ^ i / to ^ -iovo oJ ftidsau « i ; w srf iud ' * Wrd © D ^ hceitained as yery gi ^ t Te ^ rd for ^ thapferkuiak ^ d ^^ aWlougfe , ! even «« t / that earlyag £ y he was byUo meiins » kikvate < Jiia < Jlb « i ^ n | ^
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Life Md JFntir&sbf . ifcrdffi . 733
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Nov. 2, 1830, page 733, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2590/page/5/
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