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| | CATHOLIC ENCYCLOPEDIA: St. John Baptist de la Salle |
 | | Founder of the Institute of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, educational reformer, and father of modern pedagogy, was born at Reims, 30 April, 1651, and died at Saint-Yon, Rouen, on Good Friday, 7 April, 1719. |
 | | Brother Lucard, the Annalist of the institute, thus sums up the matter: "Since the death of Henri L'Heureux, de la Salle was firmly convinced that his institute was to be founded on simplicity and humility. |
 | | His aim was to have a Brother elected during his lifetime and thus perfect the government of the institute in accordance with the rule he had formulated. |
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