One side of the pedestal bears the inscription:-


A
Pestalozzi
1746-1827
Monument erige
par souscription populaire
MDCCCXC


On a second side these words are carved in the stone:-


Sauveur des Pauvres a Neuhof
Pere des Orphelins a Stanz
Fondateur de l'ecole
populaire a Burgdorf
Educateur de l'humanite
a Yverdon
Tout pour les autres, pour lui,--rien!


An older monument erected in 1846 by the Canton of Argovia bears
this same inscription, save that it adds, "Preacher to the people
in 'Leonard and Gertrude.' Man. Christian. Citizen. Blessed be
his name!"

On the third side of the Yverdon Monument is Pestalozzi's noble
speech, fine enough indeed, to be cut in stone:-