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soil, once barren of everything but scrub bushes and white 

 sand, had been transferred into a beautiful town with 

 hundreds of homes, the thriving bustling activities of a 

 tiny city and, on the outskirts the busy farms, the begin- 

 ning and the sole idea upon which the entire enterprise 

 was started. 



But these physical things cannot tell the story of 

 Professor Sabsovich's entire achievements. His greatest 

 contribution, perhaps, was his influence as a leader in 

 the lives of the people. Hundreds, nay thousands, of 

 young men were inspired by him to follow higher ideals, 

 to prepare themselves for service, to consecrate them- 

 selves to a cause. Entire families and their children's 

 children, learned through him to love nature and the 

 country life. 



Later he assumed the duties of General Manager of 

 the Baron de Hirsch Fund in New York where, devoting 

 all that was in him to the development of the Fund 

 activities, he found time and opportunity to extend his 

 influence into the various fields of Jewish social service, 

 in the days when this service was just beginning to 

 develop into a definite professional field. 



When Professor H. L. Sabsovich died, he left to all 

 Jewry a legacy that grows greater with each passing year. 

 To the Jewish social workers his life holds a meaning 

 especially dear. His devotion to the cause, his persistence 

 and faith in the possibility of getting things done, in spite 

 of opposition and indifference, his courage to experiment 

 on propositions that were likely to prove failures and, 

 above all, his absolute identity with the work he did, 

 lights the pathway of the social worker as a living 

 inspiration, and his work points out the way as a guide 

 in what the future must bring. 



