As a matter of fact, Levinsohn had long before this begun to knock at the doors of the Russian Government offices.

Far back in 1823 he had presented to the heir-apparent Constantine Pavlovich [1] a memorandum concerning Jewish sects and a project looking to the establishment of a system of Jewish schools and seminaries.
Moreover, before publishing his first work _Te'udah_, he had submitted the manuscript to Shishkov, the reactionary Minister of Public Instruction, applying for a Government subsidy towards the publication of a work which demonstrates the usefulness of enlightenment and agriculture, "instills love for the Tzar as well as for the people with which we share our life, and recounts the innumerable favors which they have bestowed upon us." [Footnote 1: Being the eldest brother of Alexander I., Constantine was the legitimate heir to the Russian throne.

He resigned in favor of his younger brother Nicholas.

See above, p.

13, n.