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color and in form but not in substance that hand in 

 hand with the spiritual and intellectual reform there must 

 come the economic emancipation of the Jewish masses 

 which will make them an indispensable factor of their 

 country's material existence and a part of the nation's 

 nursing force. 



Recognized as a true social worker, equipped, in soul 

 and mind, with the proper strength to cope with big 

 problems, he was placed in charge of one of the most 

 important tasks of the Baron de Hirsch Fund that of 

 directing the agricultural movement among the Jewish 

 immigrant population. 



Activities in this direction were started in this country 

 long before his advent, but the movement was all in a 

 fog. The early attempts at colonization and farm settle- 

 ment and things accomplished are too well known to 

 need reiteration here. The same characteristic marks 

 noticeable in individual ventures made in haste, without 

 due consideration and patient study, are found in philan- 

 thropic enterprises, with emotion as the chief moving 

 factor and not based on studied and thoroughly analyzed 

 experience and not directed by a trained scientific mind. 



As one looking for results rather than aiming to simply 

 "do things" he was determined to work out the agricul- 

 tural activities among Jews to their proper consequences. 

 While the aim of the movement was mainly economic, 

 the means to reach it, he held, must run along both educa- 

 tional and physical lines. Being himself highly intellec- 

 tual and knowing that in order to fit one for leading 

 positions in the great agricultural industry in this coun- 

 try, he must be given an opportunity to acquire a thor- 

 ough practical as well as theoretical training, Professor 

 Sabsovich sought to interest the young rather than the 

 adults. "Not only," said he, "is it necessary to change 



