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steadily declining physique, that when at length ill 

 health compelled him to resign, he left the institution 

 equipped with well-trained instructors, and in shape to 

 continue its activities unimpaired. 



Gallaudet found that the relief from continuous labour 

 gave him a new lease of activity. He was at once offered 

 several promising positions, but declined them all, and 

 applied himself for some years to writing books of 

 various kinds, principally books for children, such 

 as The Child's Book of the Soul (1830), and Bible 

 Stories for the Young (1838), for which he was admi- 

 rably fitted by his pedagogic experience. In 1838 he 

 found congenial employment as chaplain of the Hartford 

 Eetreat for the Insane. Here he carried on a gentle 

 ministry for long and profitable years, until his death in 

 1851. His sons have carried forward the noble work in 

 which he was so long engaged, and the family name is 

 one that will be held in high honour for splendid service 

 rendered in the cause of humanity. The deaf mutes of 

 America and the world owe a large debt of gratitude to 

 the Huguenot descendants who have consecrated their 

 lives to opening the world of thought, knowledge and 

 communication to a class of unfortunates. 





