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largest part of his practice, and, although his good name was 
restored after the lapse of two years, and his clients returned, q 
grief and sorrow had so heavily weighed upon him during this 
time, that in the full strength of manhood, he succumbed to 4 
typhous fever. He left an almost destitute widow with five 7 
little children, of whom the eldest, a boy, was ten years 
the fourth, Charles, only five years old. This situation of the 
poor widow, a noble and highly educated woman, exci 
utmost sympathy of her neighbors. All endeavored, either by 
words, or in a more substantial way, to make good the wrong 
which had been done to her husband. She found many symp 
thizers, away from home. Thus, the Prince of the adjoining 
Bernburg took eare of the education of the eldest boy. Sale 
mann, the celebrated educator, a former associate of Basedow, 
had bought Schnepfenthal, and was about to open an educh 
tional institution there. He had made it a point to take rH! 
as his first pupil, gratis. .A notice in a journal of the death 
Dr. Ritter at Quedlinburg, who had left a widow with five little 
children, first attracted his attention. Soon after he sent irre 
his friends there, to make the acquaintance of the children and 
see whether there was a boy amongst them, that would co 
to his wishes. They decided in favor of little Charles. + 
mother, though with a sorry heart, assented, and, at the — 
tion of Salzmann, brought the child herself to Schnepfentis 
She was accompanied by one of her elder sons and Gutsmt . 
then a candidate of theology and instructor of the children, ¥ 
had not left them, although the mother had declare tha 
was no longer able to pay him his salary. A residence of a 
few days in Salzmann’s house cemented the ties of ma 
friendship and esteem, so that Salzmann, shortly — 
departure, expressed a wish to keep the older boy @ achet 
Gutsmuths he proposed to remain in Schnepfenthal as 4 : "not 
This had been a secret wish of the mother, but she atk a 
think it possible. Ritter accordingly came to Schnep em re 
the first pupil of the new institution, and remained es spot, 
eleven years, until he went to the university. This lov eee 
which Ritter always considered his true home, was 8 bya 
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