. The new education. situation was gone with , the director of the Normal schoolin Frankfort, had, before this was known,offered him a vacant post in his college, andFroebel now accepted it with pleasure. Ina letter to his brother, he says, I feel as if 20 The New Education I had at last found the true element of mylife ; and I am as happy as a fish in the water,as a bird in the air. The greatest name in education at that time was Pesta-lozzi,whohad set-tled at Yverdun,on the banks ofLake resolvedto give up one ofhis vacations tovisit Pestalozzi


. The new education. situation was gone with , the director of the Normal schoolin Frankfort, had, before this was known,offered him a vacant post in his college, andFroebel now accepted it with pleasure. Ina letter to his brother, he says, I feel as if 20 The New Education I had at last found the true element of mylife ; and I am as happy as a fish in the water,as a bird in the air. The greatest name in education at that time was Pesta-lozzi,whohad set-tled at Yverdun,on the banks ofLake resolvedto give up one ofhis vacations tovisit Pestalozzi he sawthere both raised and depressed him, excitedand almost stunned him. Some good work-ing ideas he carried back from his visit; andfor two years he worked with great and well-recognized success at Frankfort. Hisclass became the model class of the modelschool. He felt, however, the need of greaterknowledge of his own, and of more time forstudy; and he accordingly resigned hisposition. His wish was to return to the. JOHN HEJSRX IKSTALOZZI 3 u


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