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EUROPEAN MOSAIC.

CHAPTER I.

LUCERNE AND THE RIGHI.

LUCERNE is a small town of about ten thousand inhabitants, and is more beautifully situated than any other in Switzerland. It lies on the shore of the largest and grandest of the Swiss lakes, while on one side the serrated outline of Mount Pilatus, rising clearly against the sky, is strongly contrasted with the verdant slopes of the Righi on the other. In the distance, across the lake, are long ranges of snow-covered mountains. Behind the town the old towers and walls of its earlier history yet remain. From its situation in the midst of scenery so varied and enchanting, Lucerne should be the source of every enlightenment and liberal influence. But the beauty and grandeur of nature alone never elevate the mind of man. Therefore it is not so strange as it would otherwise be, that Lucerne is merely a fossil remnant of the past, with little more animation than one finds within the walls

EUROPEAN MOSAIC.

BY

HOWARD PAYSON ARNOLD.

"Below was all mosaic choicely planned

With cycles of the human tale

Of this wide world."

BOSTON:

LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY.

1964. april 26

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Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1864, by

LITTLE, BROWN AND COMPANY,

in the Clerk's Office of the District Court of the District of Massachusetts.

RIVERSIDE, CAMBRIDGE:
PRINTED BY H. O. HOUGHTON AND COMPANY.

To

MY HARVARD CLASSMATES OF '52,

AS WELL THE LIVING AS THE HONORED DEAD WHO HAVE GONE FORTH FROM OUR RANKS,

This Work is Dedicated

WITH EVERY SENTIMENT OF PERSONAL ESTEEM.

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