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Davout in a letter to General César Laville in August 1821 " The memory of all his great qualities, which I had the chance to appreciate, and the gratitude I owe him, took precedence over cold reason, and I missed him m... See more
What did French marshals say when napoleon died?
Napoleon shared Paine’s stance and, early on in his rule, was the first Western leader openly to begin instituting what he was to term a system of ‘carrières ouvertes aux talents’, ‘careers open to talent’. ‘I made most of my generals de la boue,’ he proudly remarked on St Helena at the end of his life. ‘Whenever I found talent, I rewarded it.’ The
... See moreAlain de Botton • Status Anxiety (NON-FICTION)
Napoléon, tyran ou libérateur ? Si la Révolution se réduit à une entreprise de lutte pour la liberté, Napoléon est le fossoyeur des principes de 1789. Son antiparlementarisme, son autoritarisme, son impérialisme guerrier l’apparentent à César. Mais, si la Révolution se définit comme un combat pour l’égalité, l’Empereur en fut le plus ardent promote
... See moreSylvain Tesson • Berezina (French Edition)
On Napoleon:
"An infinite capacity for taking pains," "an intuitive sense," "an indomitable will to power," and "firmness of action"
