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Page 107 - Napoleon was the man ! Always enlightened, always clear and decided, and endowed at every hour with sufficient energy to carry into effect whatever he considered advantageous and necessary. His life was the stride of a demi-god, from battle to battle, and from, victory to victory. It might well be said of him, that lie was found in a state of continual enlightenment.
Page 281 - Des dieux que nous servons connais la différence : Les tiens t'ont commandé le meurtre et la vengeance ; Et le mien , quand ton bras vient de m'assassiner , M'ordonne de te plaindre et de te pardonner.
Page 113 - Tous ces crimes d'Etat qu'on fait pour la couronne, Le Ciel nous en absout alors qu'il nous la donne, Et, dans le sacré rang où sa faveur l'a mis, Le passé devient juste, et l'avenir permis.
Page 19 - truly English" view of Napoleon. " Nations yet to come will look back upon his history as to some grand and supernatural romance. The fiery energy of his youthful career, and the magnificent progress of his irresistible ambition, have invested his character with the mysterious grandeur of some heavenly appearance ; and when all the lesser tumults, and lesser men of our age, shall have passed away into the darkness of oblivion, history will still inscribe one mighty era with the majestic name of Napoleon.
Page 56 - Russian monarchy at the close of the eighteenth and the beginning of the nineteenth century. The...
Page 113 - Le passe devient juste et l'avenir permis. / Qui peut y parvenir ne peut etre coupable; / Quoi qu'il ait fait ou fasse, il est inviolable...
Page 213 - ... Emperor? A. Yes; for it is he whom God has raised up under difficult circumstances to reestablish the public worship of the holy religion of our fathers and to be the protector of it. He has restored and preserved public order by his profound and active wisdom; he defends the state by his powerful arm; he has become the anointed of the Lord through the consecration which he received from the sovereign pontiff, head of the Universal Church.
Page 212 - Christians owe to the princes who govern them, and we owe in particular to our emperor Napoleon I., love, respect, obedience, fidelity, military service, and the contributions required for the preservation and defence of the emperor and his throne.
Page 224 - Oiseaux de mauvais augure, pourquoi ne présagent-ils que des orages éloignés? Je les réduirai de quatorze à sept, et conserverai non ceux qui me loueront, je n'ai pas besoin de leurs éloges, mais ceux qui auront la touche mâle et le cœur français, qui montreront un véritable attachement pour moi et mon peuple.
Page 213 - His will, in loading our Emperor with gifts, both in peace and in war, has established him as our sovereign and has made him the minister of His power and His image upon the earth.