[30] The Paedagogium in Halle answered somewhat to our grammar schools
with a mixture of boarders and day-scholars. It was founded by Francke
in 1712, after the ideas of the famous Basedow, and was endowed by means
of a public subscription.
[31] These were two pamphlets by the famous patriot and poet Ernst
Moritz Arndt (1769-1860), published in 1805.
[32] That is, Froebel realised the distinction of the subject-world from
the object-world.
[33] That is, he signed Wilhelm Froebel instead of Friedrich Froebel,
for a time. It cannot have been for long, however.
[34] The young man mentioned on page 39.
[35] The pretty district bordering the river Ucker, in pleasing contrast
with the sandy plains of Brandenburg; it lies at no great distance from
Berlin, so that it forms the favourite goal for a short excursion with
the people of that arid city.
[36] Whither Luther fled for refuge after the Diet of Worms in 1521; and
where, protected by the Elector of Saxony, he lay concealed for a year.
During this year he translated the Bible.
[37] Held all over Protestant Germany in 1817.
[38] Our children still in like manner "say their catechism" at
afternoon church in old-fashioned country places.
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