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Has he been successful? Most assuredly so. Not to
the extent of his desires, nor commensurately with his labors,
nevertheless to a high degree. I myself, though comparatively
a new comer, can bear testimony to the step in advance made by
in our midst by our coreligionists. Will anyone deny, that
our lamented brother gave the ~~impulse?~~ first impetus? No, others may
have done nobly, but Isaac Leeser was the pioneer that
cleared away ~~the~~ all obstructions. This feat, which ought
to be incontestably admitted, was lost sight of by men who
are or profess to be his superiors; in hence the bitter sarcasm
which assailed him and aggravated his natural irascibility.

Conscious of having worked indefintigably. he was
both pained and angered, when belittled by ungenerous minds.

That he had not explored the depth of Talmudical science,
that his acquaintance with our casuistical writers and the
Hebrew literature of the day was limited, ~~[mig]~~ ought to have
been overlooked, by reason of the ardor with which he espoused
the cause of education. For, that is the great debt, which
America ~~[owres]~~ owes Isaac Leeser. Contrasted with a Luzzatto,
he might have been a mere~~ly a~~ tyro. Munk exceeded
him by far, & he ~~might~~ would, for certain, have profitted by
sitting at the feet of the great Rappaport.

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