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influence has desolated by*turns not only our own but other 
countries of Europe, the most fertile as well as the poorest. 
General peace, internal repose, the security of States,— 
these are blessings toward which the wishes of all nations 
now aspire.” : , 
44. Benevolent exertion.—After the battles of Jena, Lut- 
zen, and Leipzic, some friends of humanity at Weimar in 
Prussia, formed the generous design of assisting a great 
number of children who had lost their parents, or who sep- 
arated from the troops they were following, wandered with- 
out shelter in the environs of that city, situated in the centre 
of the carnage. One of those respectable philanthropists 
M. J. Falk, set a noble example to his fellow-citizens, in 
this good work. He went from house to house, accepting 
the smallest sum which might be offered in this and the 
neighbouring towns. In the course of seven years he has 
been thus enabled to place out above 500 of those poor chil- 
dren, belonging to the various nations engaged in the war, 
among respectable citizens, and to provide for their religious 
instruction. These young people whose lives have been 
almost miraculously preserved, desirous of leaving a feeling 
proof of their gratitude, have resolved to construct a chapel 
all the materials of which from the brick and tile to the 
cloth of the altar, and from the ‘smallest nail to the lock of 
the door should be the work of their own hands. To aid 
them in this interesting project, a publication has been pro- 
posed of religious songs or hymns, with an exposé of the 
use to which the money is to be applied. Subscriptions for 
it are received in Paris. i . 
45. Zeal for Science.—M. De Candolle, professor of bot- 
any in Geneva, had in his possession a flora of Mexico, col- 
lected and drawn in New Spain, by the Spanish botanists, 
and contained in thirteen volumes large folio, This collec- 
tion being called for by the owner, De Candolle regretting 
to loose so much treasure, desired his friend to join in taking 
copies of the most curious of the plants. All the inhabitants 
_of Geneva, capable of handling the pencil, were soon enga- 
ged in copying the Flora of Mexico. The ladies in a par- 
ticular manner, evinced an unbounded zeal in this undertak- 
