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    HEINBICH PESTALOZZI. 8 9

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    At Lastafter Many Years' Difficult Searc...

    God had willed it otherwise . To lose the crown of his heart at the age of seventy—at a time when he wanted her advice and

    influence more than ever—was very hard . The whole household grieved deeply . She was buried under two tall lime-trees in the

    garden of the castle . Years after , one might meet the old man often in the course of the day , near the grave of his devoted companion .

    Sometimes even at night , when all were asleep , he would get up , and shed hot tears on her grave , like a child that had lost its

    _another . Not even this sad loss "brought peace among the bereaved man ' s

    fellow-workers ; their dissensions grew more and more violent ; a separation was necessary—they had become too independent in their

    several spheres to act together . Twelve of the best masters left in 1816 ; even Kriisi , and after a year also Niederer , who since 1805

    had been a most devoted friend . However sad this separation was , yet it was a necessary step for the spreading of Pestalozzi ' s ideas ;

    most of the masters went on with the work in different places . These changes caused fearful suffering to the warm-hearted old

    _3 nan ; his health sank , and he was taken to the heights of the Jura , where he revivedand again gathered strength to work on . He

    arranged an edition , of all his writings , among which were many schoolbooks . He hoped by that measure to acquire the means of

    carrying out a favourite idea , the establishment of a poor-house . He collected subscriptions for his work : —the Emperor of Hussia

    subscribed 5000 roubles ; the King of Prussia , 400 thalers ; the King of Bavaria 700 gulden : Pestalozzi was again happy . On the

    anniversary , of his birthday , 1818 , he assembled his family , and in a touching speech announced his wish , that the interest of 50 , 000

    francs should be devoted , first , for a training school for teachers for the people , and next for an unwearied investigation of the principles

    according to which instruction might be more simplified and rendered applicable to the homes of the people .

    In the village of Clindy near Yverdon , the indefatigable teacher opened a school for twelve poor boys . They were to be trained as

    instructors for the poor ; but soon a richer class was admitted ; Latin and English , and many other branches , began to be taught ; it

    degenerated and was closed in 1825 . That last failure almost broke the heart of the poor old man ; he longed to leave Yverdon and to

    spend his last days at Neuhof , where he had begun his laborious career . There he was received in the family of his grandson , and the

    quiet of country life procured him still many cheerful moments . He loved to talk to the old country people , and to teach the children ;

    and many people in the neighbourhood even now speak with sparkling eyes of Father Pestalozzi .

    On the 3 rd of May , 1825 , he was present at a meeting of the Helvetic Society . The members received him with affection and

    With venerati move on , d hear begged t and tremb to ling be th v oice president , he / said for , " If coming God grants year _.

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  • English Woman’s Journal (1858-1864), Oct. 1, 1862, page 89, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/ewj/issues/ewj_01101862/page/17/