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 1 84 CHRISTIAN GREECE AND LIVING GREEK. Moral encouragement, material aid, political support were needed to help the Greek nation in her struggle; and help came from Occidental Europe. Admiration of the heroic deeds, and sympathy with the sufferings of the little nation showed itself in unselfish exertions. Indeed, the record of this Philhellenic movement fills one of the most beautiful pages in the history of mankind. The ladies of the highest rank in Paris formed special sodalities; organized in different divisions, they made house-to-house collections in the city. In all salons it became the custom for the lady of the house to take up a collection for Greece. In the French provinces this new zeal took root and spread. Eynard took charge of the forwarding of provisions ; he and his friends sent 24,000 francs in cash, the committee of Paris 60,000 francs, Amsterdam 30,000, and the society in Stuttgart a similar sum. When the sad news of the fall of Misso- longhi was made known, when the Bishop of Arta asked help for the wives and children who were sold like cattle, transported to Egypt, never to return — and when Eynard transmitted this appeal to Paris, and from Paris to all parts of the world, all Europe was filled with pity, a pity which confers lasting honors on