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a n n ito nurse her. Certainly your dear daughter will not findthe dress of our sister as disturbing as when Annemariewears it. It will not be possible for either of them tolay this dress aside, for the religious significance of thechurch and community is expressed by unity in dress.Thus we ask you to be so kind and tell us when our sisterDora may come. I am also prepared to visit you personally,if my visit may help to bring peace. It would not begood for Annemarie’s feelings or those of her sick sisterHilde were she, as a member of the community with herunchangeable decision of faithfulness to the communityand community dress, to care for your daughter. Thiswill certainly be more possible at a later date, when theagitation in the family over her unexpected decision hascalmed down somewhat.I wish from my heart that you might often be with usto hear with what love and respect we think of FriedrichFröbel’s life work and of the fruitful work of your fatherand grandfather, and how we agree with the deepestdirection of the founding of Fröbel’s work. The differenceis only that we here see in the full community ofthe first Christians, and in the divine justice and peace ofthe kingdom of God, the only real flowering of all thethoughts that have influenced Pestalozzi, Fröbel, Barop,and others. Because my great-grandfather Ramsauer wasalso one of the first co-workers of Pestalozzi, doubtless Imight find with you and your dear son Reinhold a muchbetter objective understanding than seems to be the casenow.200