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    ofasuessfulgeneralbythenaofnapoleonbonaparte,

    e``firstnsuloffraheyear1799.and

    durififteenyears,theoldeuropeanbeca

    thelaboratoryofanuerofpoliticalexperints,the

    likeofheworldhadneverseenbefore.

    napoleon

    napoleon

    napoleonheyear1769,thethirdson

    ofcarloriabuonaparte,anotarypublif

    thetheislandofrsidhisgood

    olihereforean,

    butanitalianiveislandanoldgreek,carthaginian

    andronlonyierraneanseahad

    foryearsbeenstrugglingtainitsindependence,

    firstofallfrohegenoese,andaftertheddleofthe

    eighteeuryfrohefrench,whohadkindlyoffered

    tohelpthersiandhad

    thenoupiedtheislandfortheiro.

    duringthefirsttyyearsofhislife,youngnapoleon

    riotarsisinnfeiner,

    theyokeofthe

    bitterlyhatedfrene.butthefrenchrevolutionhad

    uedlyregheclaiofthersisandgradually

    napoleon,ilitary

    schoolofbrienne,driftedintotheserviceofhisadopteduntry.

    althoughheneverleaedtospellfrentlyor

    tospeakiteafren.

    iihecatostandasthehighestexpression

    ofallfrenchvirtues.atpresentheisregardedasthesyol

    ofthegalliius.

    napoleoniscalle**stareer

    doeshantyyears.inthatshortspan

    oftihefoughtreorevictoriesand

    rilesandnqueredresquarekilotersand

    killedrepeopleandbroughtaboutrerefenerally

    upseteuropetoagreaterextentthananybodyincluding

    alexahegreatandjenghiskhanhadevernaged

    todo.

    hetlefellohefirstyearsofhislife

    hishealthpressedanybody

    byhisgoodlooksandhereiheendofhisdaysvery

    cluyoappearatasocialfun.

    hedidnotenjoyasingleadvantageofbreedingorbirthor

    riches.freaterpartofhisyouthheely

    poorandofteogoealorwasobliged

    tokeaferapenniesincuriousways.

    hegavelittleproseasaliterarygenius.peted

    foraprizeofferedbytheacadeoflyons,hisessay

    ber15outof

    16eallthesedifficultiesthrough

    hisabsoluteandunshakablebeliefinhisoiny,andin

    hisobitionainspringofhis

    life.thethoughtofself,thehatcapitalletter

    ``nhters,andhrecurred

    foreverisofhishastilynstrues,the

    absoluteakethenanapoleoiortant

    thingintheeofgod,thesedesirescarried

    napoleontoapinnaeanhas

    everreached.

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