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And still, I call God to witness that it is not to satisfy a personal ambition, but because I believe that I have a mission to fulfill, that I risk that which is more dear to me than life, the esteem of my fellow-citizens. "Having arrived at the house in the Rue des Orphelins, I found my friends assembled in two apartments on the ground floor.
The work of Les Amis des Orphelins de Guerre centers here, the "adopted" child receiving from the good maire the gifts in money and presents sent by the Americans who are generously filling the role of parent. The widows of the soldiers gather here for comfort and advice. And the mairie holds a spirit of experiment. It houses not only courage and sympathy, but progress.
When I became more experienced I could tell if patients were going to recover or not; and how often in the latter case I prayed that it might be over quickly; but no, the fell disease had to take its course; and even the sisters said they had never seen such awful cases. Once while on night duty I got up to go to a concert in the town at the theatre in aid of the Orphelins de la Guerre.
One side of the pedestal bears the inscription: A Pestalozzi 1746-1827 Monument erige par souscription populaire MDCCCXC On a second side these words are carved in the stone: Sauveur des Pauvres a Neuhof Pere des Orphelins a Stanz Fondateur de l'ecole populaire a Burgdorf Educateur de l'humanite a Yverdon Tout pour les autres, pour lui, rien!
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