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which they had displayed, and of their desire to retain their 

 service. In conjunction with his friend Trembley, who was 

 also a member of the Civil Committee, de Saussure lost no time in 

 presenting to his colleagues an address urging the Government to 

 take measures ' for the maintenance of order and of brotherly 

 feeling under the rule of Liberty and Equality.' 



Meantime, the victorious ' Egaliseurs ' did their best on a 

 small scale to imitate Paris. They planted Trees of Liberty; 

 they organised, in honour of Jean Jacques Rousseau, a theatrical 

 out-of-doors fete of the kind dear to the local mind ; they 

 wreathed his bust with flowers and danced and embraced round 

 it ; they feasted in the streets, singing : 



' Oui, desormais libre et tranquille, 

 Le Genevois en paix vivra, 

 Tons ne feront qu'un dans la ville, 

 Le bonheur y residera.' 



These pleasant anticipations were not to be realised. 



