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ous distinctions of rank were kept up , but all other feelings were lost in one universal sentiment of fraternity and patriotism . On the Saturday the three first prizes were declared to have been won by three Vaudois , ana the three next by men from the Cantons of Fribourg , Soleure , and Berne . The victors were escorted into the town by an immense multitude of people , who set no bounds to their joy ; and the-strangers then began to depart , all
delighted with the hospitality of the Genevese , and all animated with a renewed determination to defend their country to the last extremity , should necessity ever call for their services . Nothing , indeed , can be better calculated than this institution to draw closer the bonds of brotherly love , and to keep alive the flame of patriotism among the citizens of these associated republics . As
the president of the Bale deputation expressed it , it " serves as a point of union , and as a nursery of brave and skilful shooters , and of valorous and vigorous defenders of their country , in the day of danger and of trouble . " In illustration of its peculiar utility in such a country as Switzerland , it may be mentioned , that at the time of the last French invasion a mountaineer and his son concealed themselves with their rifles behind the fragment of a rock
in a narrow defile ; as the first rank of the enemy appeared they discharged their pieces at the same moment , and with a transverse aim , so that their fire was dreadfully effective : the next rank , perceiving no enemy , advanced and experienced the same fate ; and so on , till at length the ammunition of these brave fellows was exhausted , and being discovered and unable to effect their escape , they were taken prisoners . It is pleasing to add that their lives were spared in consideration of their bravery .
Sunday , 22 d . I went and heard M . Munier preach in his own church at Chesne , two or three miles out of town . He took for his text 1 Corinthians x . 12 , " Let him that thinketh he standeth , take heed lest he fall . " On these words he gave us an excellent sermon , full of matter , and delivered in the most impressive manner . All the pleas and excuses of which people avail themselves for indulging in an indolent security , were clearly set forth ,
and reduced to their plain , undisguised nothingness . Why will not all our preachers come and learn their art in such a school as this ? We should then surely have a better world to live in than we have . For myself , I mean , every few years of my life , to make a pilgrimage to Geneva , in order that I may refresh my devotion , that I may strengthen my languishing resolution , that I may purify my heart , and be , and feel myself , a better man than I was before .
23 rd . Called on many of my friends , to wish them good-bye . I felt real regreirat parting from them , especially those of the clerical profession , ¦ who are in every respect a fine body of men , equally Tree from the pride of too many of our English clergy , and the sourness of Puritans . They are pleasant in their manners , kindly disposed towards strangers , and deeply interested in the grand cause of truth and Freedom . Some of them I regard as amongst the most valuable of my friends , and I shall always endeavour to keep up an intercourse with them .
The climate of this place is very cold in winter , and on this account it is not desirable to reside here the whole year round . But in summer it is very pleasant ; and , though the town itself is old-fashioned and inconvenient , the environs are most delightful , being well planted with trees , interspersed with elegant villas , and commanding the most noble prospects in every direction . Living , though by no means cheap for the continent , is lower than in England ; and not only is society very accessible , but a man may have any
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312 Journal of a Tour on the Continent .
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), May 2, 1829, page 312, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2572/page/16/
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