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from the same city. Mrs Katharine Kaas head-
ed the list, Miss Ellen Phillips, whose piety is
~~above~~ ^{exceeds so}all praise, left what would ^{set raise}~~place~~ the insti-
tution upon ^a most solid basis, if the benefactress had
found numerous ^{fellow persons believers to copy her example.} ~~imitators.~~
On this day, while beseeching the Almighty that my
brethren may be vouchsafed a life absolutely free
from domestic sorrows, I instinctively bethought
myself of many summoned from earth, during the
twelve months just passed. [...]If the institution
which I reared for the rehabilitation of the Torah,
had shared a measure, however slight, of the opulance
which the owners thereof were compelled to relinquish,
the heirs would not have become less wealthy, and
I would be been gladdened at the recognition of my
efforts towards the accomplishment of a godly object.

I do acknowledge with unfeigned satisfaction
that many among my coreligionists, who met
with success in this favored land, show gratitude
to Kind Providence.[...]Eleemosynary associations,
asylums for sheltering orphans, homes ~~and aged~~ for indigent
^aged, retreats for incurables; institutions beyond
reckoning, are monuments attesting thate fact that the descendants
of the patriarchs have not forfeited the

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