Father Johann Rudolf Meyer, Citizen of Aarau: A Memorial

blossoming with traffic that the other one next to it went under. The success of his venture made him more courageous and hungrier for independence, but his masters in Schafisheim more dissatisfied, to whom he now seemed to no longer fully belong; and since they even wounded his honest spirit with expressions of distrust, he took his leave from them forever. Now his own master, he no longer wavered for long in the choice of what seemed necessary to him.

"Earnings, to satisfy our needs, are manifold, but there is none that does not require effort and knowledge."

He had not let effort be lacking so far, and thereby increased his sense of strength. The little cloth shop became too narrow for him. The sister's activity sufficed for its management. He wanted wider room for his own. But in his dealings with people from all walks of life, the lack of knowledge had become increasingly palpable to him. He therefore decided to take a year-long journey. "The great world," he used to say,