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FOREWORD BY EUGENE S. BENJAMIN. . vii 



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I. SCHOOL DAYS IN RUSSIA 1 



II. ODESSA AND THE POGROM 8 



III. FROM LAW TO AGRICULTURE .... 18 



IV. AMONG THE DON COSSACKS .... 22 

 V. FACING THE NEW WORLD 36 



VI. PIONEERING WITH PIONEERS .... 46 



VII. A CALL TO THE LAND 52 



VIII. OPENING OF THE WOODBINE TRACT . . 57 



IX. BUILDING THE COLONY 67 



X. THE FIRST PROBLEMS 77 



XI. UNREST AMONG THE COLONISTS ... 89 



XII. ADDED INDUSTRIES 101 



XIII. STRENGTHENING THE NEW ALLEGIANCE . 104 



XIV. BRINGING SCIENCE TO THE FARMERS . . Ill 

 XV. A PIONEER OF AGRICULTURAL SCHOOLS . 117 



XVI. WOODBINE ENTERTAINS 125 



XVII. NEW INSTITUTIONS 129 



XVIII. THE COLONY INCORPORATES .... 134 



XIX. RECOLLECTIONS 142 



XX. IN THE HEARTS OF His PEOPLE . . . 149 



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