Life of Count Rumford. 197 



IHM 



DER DAS SCHMAHLICHSTE OFFENTLICHE UEBEL, 



DEN MUSSIGGANG UND BETTEL TILGTE, 

 DER ARMUTH HULF* ERWERB UND SITTEN, 



DER VATERLANDSCHEN JUGEND 

 SO MANCHE BILDUNGSANSTALT GAB. 



LUSTWANDLER GEH, 



UND SINNE NACH IHM GLEICH ZU SEYN 



AN GEIST UND THAT 



UND UNS 



AN DANK.. 



Which may be rendered : 



To him who rooted out the most disgraceful public evils, 

 Idleness and Mendicity : who gave to the Poor, relief, occupa- 

 tion, and good morals, and to the Youth of the Fatherland so 

 many schools of Instruction. Go, Saunterer ! and strive to 

 equal him in Spirit and Deed, and us in Gratitude. 



The Institutions which the Count had established, 

 and which, after 1791, were in full experimental trial, 

 were of a kind to make him alike assiduous in their 

 management and anxious lest, from any oversight of 

 his own, they should meet with embarrassment or fail- 

 ure. Of course, as a very wise and discerning man, he 

 had expected to meet opposition, alike from ignorance, 

 jealousy, and envy. This he now began to encounter. 

 He showed great discretion and magnanimity in dealing 

 with it. But care and perplexity from so many exacting 

 labors began to wear upon his health. He did not 

 spare himself either mental or physical exertion, but he 

 was always thoughtful about preserving his constitution 

 unimpaired, and he applied rigidly to himself his rules 

 of dietetics. He habitually abstained from wines and 

 spirituous liquors, drinking only water, and was re- 

 garded as whimsical about his food. 



