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    > a ^ V& e age pf foijxteei ^ lie leji bis l ^ L ij aer * s bouse . This step was taken with the consent of his parents , who could ill afford to keep

    him at ^ jippe , andL ^ Jio shared his hope , tli&t he would be able to gratify in another ; scene his , literary tasje , and to surmount the obstaples o / his poverty , bis descent his

    a ^ nd sickly frarrie * On his arrival at Bexliii , h $ was wJttiout money , and apparently without a friend . In this state of extrerne indL gence , fee happened to gain the notice of a benevolent Jew ., who

    g&ve bin } , board and lodging , and did all that he could for his relief . ]\ le . ridelssohn , too , had now the long ^ wished for opportunity of making soxps progress in learning .

    I ^^^ ri r ^ that Frankel , who had fgr ^ rj e ^ ty been a Rabbin , at Dessau , v ^ g s |^ ti ^ ried in Berlin , he conqij ^ re ^ . hjs , rjatural basbfulness , a # 4 / intr £ ctUQed himself to this

    per ^ 9 ^ ^ . h p assisted him in studying $ Ji e ^ T ^ and Jewish theology , and engaged him to copy hj ^ mfMJUS ^ ipts * \ ^ fais kind of labour , it must be confessed , did

    n < qt spit C jX ^ jctJy the ypung roan ' s v ¥ w £ ; ¥ r ^ W pursued with as ^ id ^ i . tiy , if , >^ fyed to strengthen h ^ pqwer ^^ nd tq prepare him for fy&ff eflEppts . . . . , jpjgfli tt , w ^ , ;^ that . period , the residency j > f many learned men ,

    a ^ d ^ W , # C . sflfpe , ^ iferary Jews , w ^ > v ^ om JVl ^ dels ^ hn would g ^ iyv / nfty ^ ^^ P Ria ^ d , had npi h ^ in ^^ fli ^ e 4 e | % i « ed him in re-^ mH ^ Hfw ^ « ^ M wi * . w ? v ° fcf ™ ^ : fr »^» .- toMtW mm K \ ^ ^ qftai r ^ gp ^ W ^ te ^ f . ift ^ tf « % of £ j $ ia £ mdze in Poland , had settlea in Berlin , as the teacher of a school : but

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    owing to the Undaunted Treedom with which he had exposed some pretensions of the Jewish ecclesiastics , he became the victim of persecution , undy \ vas Teduced to poverty . The friendship which

    Mendelssohn contracted withhiro , was founded in the similarity of their intellectual habits as well as

    in ihat of their situation , rife was a man of uncommon talents ? i- ' ' . : ¥ i . ¦ > ¦ •'¦* " > « ¦ * ¦ - "' ' >»__ "" t' '•* ¦ - ' ¦ and various acquirernejpts . Tp ^ a large portion of general khc ^ Jedjge he added particular skill and pro

    nciency in mathematics . UnajBr such an instructor the pupil made rapid and sure advances . , Israet Moses translated JEtfc 1 |^ intp ; fiferr brew , fur the benefit

    Vrmendeissohn s and the reasohiiigs p f M a * - monide ^ of whom Both Were enamoured , furnished then \ with an almost inexhaustible subject 6 i discussion . Other aids were still wanting .

    Hebrew was the only language of which Israel Moses was master t and Mendelasqhn was ardentl _ y desirous of learning laatin . It was happy that the young Jewish pnvsician , who had principally inspired the wish , lent his aid jiri giving it effect . This assistance was continued fpr hf& , if a year . T 8 ufc irs

    great as were jylendeis ^ on obligations to his fnenoily giiide " ri * owed still more to his own applu cation and perseverance ^ It w ^ s with no little difficulty tha ^ t % h could spare money for tfie purchase of a grammar and a ' Vec 6 hd « baha dictionary . By mearisof these he qualified himself foi * reading and understanding the works of Locke

    * in a Latin translation . The ac . qviv ^ tion was more than a compensation fpr the toil . His attention was next engaged by the modern languages , particu-

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    222 v , Life of Moses MenJkk&ohni c > t > | *!¦ ¦ ¦

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  • Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), April 2, 1813, page 222, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse-os.kdl.kcl.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2427/page/2/