Father Johann Rudolf Meyer, Citizen of Aarau: A Memorial

guiding us in our bodily and spiritual affairs. Knowledge leads to wisdom." — Thereupon, he spoke of the purpose of the newly founded school, to plant wisdom in the hearts of the youth, and turned to the directors, teachers, parents, and finally the students with the words:

"The fear of God is the beginning of wisdom. Pray to the Father of wisdom. He will give help to your good intentions and prosperity to your actions. May His good spirit guide you."

Like a father standing among his children, the old man stood here, laying his best legacy into their minds in these short, meaningful sayings. These are not hollow-sounding and fading platitudes. There is life-breath in them. For it is the core of his experiences, captured in words, reproduced in almost the same sequence in which his life developed it. Therefore, the account of his life seems to fit onto these words as if by itself and to arrange itself accordingly.