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... longer , and put an end to them . Policy and morality are equally opposed to the system . Nothing is so cer- tain to disorganise and completely ruin an army . " " I have , " said Napoleon , " a taste for founding , not for possessing ...
... longer , and put an end to them . Policy and morality are equally opposed to the system . Nothing is so cer- tain to disorganise and completely ruin an army . " " I have , " said Napoleon , " a taste for founding , not for possessing ...
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... longer ; they do not want me ; there is no good to be done ; they will not listen to me . I see , if I loiter here I am done for quickly . Here everything grows flat ; my glory is already on the wane . This little Europe of yours ...
... longer ; they do not want me ; there is no good to be done ; they will not listen to me . I see , if I loiter here I am done for quickly . Here everything grows flat ; my glory is already on the wane . This little Europe of yours ...
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... longer be with my posterity on that day when it shall cease to merit the love and confidence of the Grand Nation . " " Off ! off with these confounded trappings , " Napo- leon exclaimed after his coronation , throwing mantle and robe ...
... longer be with my posterity on that day when it shall cease to merit the love and confidence of the Grand Nation . " " Off ! off with these confounded trappings , " Napo- leon exclaimed after his coronation , throwing mantle and robe ...
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... longer any faith in patriotism : it is a mere empty word expressing a noble idea . The love of country is the love of one's self , of one's position , of one's personal interest . . . Interest ! that miserable motive is now paramount ...
... longer any faith in patriotism : it is a mere empty word expressing a noble idea . The love of country is the love of one's self , of one's position , of one's personal interest . . . Interest ! that miserable motive is now paramount ...
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... longer support life . " After again and again refusing the cup , he exclaimed , " Leave me alone ! leave me alone ! " Finally , Caulaincourt and Ivan prevailed upon him to drink several times , and repeated vomitings brought some relief ...
... longer support life . " After again and again refusing the cup , he exclaimed , " Leave me alone ! leave me alone ! " Finally , Caulaincourt and Ivan prevailed upon him to drink several times , and repeated vomitings brought some relief ...
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