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The Paraclete, founded by Abelard, in Champagne.

Vows and pilgrimages are not peculiar to the religious enthusiast. Silius Italicus performed annual ceremonies on the mountain of Posilippo; and it was there that Boccaccio, quasi da un divino estro inspirato, resolved to dedicate his life to the muses.

When Cicero was quæstor in Sicily, he discovered the tomb of Archimedes by its mathematical inscription.

The influence of the associating principle is finely exemplified in the faithful Penelope, when she sheds tears over the bow of Ulysses.

Od. xxi. 55.

The celebrated Ranz des Vaches; "cet air si chéri des Suisses qu'il fut défendu sous peine de mort de le jouer dans leurs troupes, parce qu'il faisoit fondre en larmes, déserter ou mourir ceux qui l'entendoient, tant il excitoit en eux l'ardent désir de revoir leur pays."—Author:Jean-Jacques Rousseau.

The maladie du pays is as old as the human heart. author:Juvenal little cupbearer

And the Argive, in the heat of battle,