Mind of Napoleon: a Selection of His Written and Spoken Words

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TABLE OF CONTENTS; PREFACE; INTRODUCTION; II; III; THE MIND OF NAPOLEON; THE HUMAN HEART; AN ESTIMATE OF MAN; "THE ETERNAL I"; ON FRIENDSHIP AND LOVE; COLLOQUY WITH A STREETWALKER; A CASE OF ROMANTIC LOVE; ON WOMEN; "I LIKE MY WIFE"; EDUCATION FOR WOMEN; ON MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE; ON CHILDREN; "AM I UNNATURAL?"; THE PASSING OF A FRIEND; QUESTIONS OF LIFE, DESTINY, AND GREATNESS; ON MAN, NATURE, AND GOD; ON RELIGIONS; TO BE OR NOT TO BE; THE PURPOSE OF LIFE; ON IMMORTALITY; ON DESTINY AND FATALISM; MEN OF DESTINY: BONAPARTE, WASHINGTON, MOHAMMED, CHRIST; ON MASTERING FORTUNE. TABLE OF CONTENTS PREFACE INTRODUCTION II III THE MIND OF NAPOLEON THE HUMAN HEART AN ESTIMATE OF MAN "THE ETERNAL I" ON FRIENDSHIP AND LOVE COLLOQUY WITH A STREETWALKER A CASE OF ROMANTIC LOVE ON WOMEN "I LIKE MY WIFE" EDUCATION FOR WOMEN ON MARRIAGE AND DIVORCE ON CHILDREN "AM I UNNATURAL?" THE PASSING OF A FRIEND QUESTIONS OF LIFE, DESTINY, AND GREATNESS ON MAN, NATURE, AND GOD ON RELIGIONS TO BE OR NOT TO BE THE PURPOSE OF LIFE ON IMMORTALITY ON DESTINY AND FATALISM MEN OF DESTINY: BONAPARTE, WASHINGTON, MOHAMMED, CHRIST ON MASTERING FORTUNE. THE COURSE OF AMBITIONTHE CONQUEST OF HISTORY "AGREED-UPON FICTION" THREE WAYS OF VIEWING HISTORY LAND POWER AND SEA POWER AN AGE OF TRANSITION GEOGRAPHY AND POLITICS THE RISE OF MONOTHEISM THE RISE OF CAPITALISM "LET NO ONE SEARCH THE PAST ... " GREAT MEN OF ANTIQUITY A GALLERY OF KINGS OF FRANCE FOUR MODERN HEROES ON TEACHING HISTORY ON WRITING HISTORY THE LAWS OF REVOLUTION THE FRENCH REVOLUTION: A VIEW FOR POSTERITY THE FRENCH REVOLUTION: PERSONAL VIEWS THE POLITICAL ORDER ON IDEOLOGIES AND PRACTICAL EXPERIENCE ON POPULAR SOVEREIGNTY THE REVOLUTION CONSOLIDATED. LIBERTY, EQUALITY, VANITYMONARCHY, REPUBLIC, ANARCHY, DESPOTISM "THE SWORD AND THE SPIRIT" ON CONSTITUTIONS "LE TRÔNE, C'EST MOI" "A SINGLE PARTY AND A SINGLE WILL" LAW AND THE SOCIAL ORDER ON PUBLIC MORALITY THE PRINCIPLES OF LAW "BETWEEN DUE PROCESS AND ARBITRARINESS" NAPOLEON VERSUS LAISSER FAIRE ON PUBLIC DEBTS ON THE BANK OF FRANCE ON SPECULATORS AND PROFITEERS ON THE ARISTOCRACY ON THE RIGHTS OF PROPERTY MAN'S ECONOMIC BIRTHRIGHT ON THE WORKING CLASS CHURCH, SCHOOL, AND PRESS RELIGION IN STATE AND SOCIETY THE POLITICAL USE OF RELIGION ON MONKS AND BEGGARS. CAESAR AND GODON ASSIMILATING THE JEWS WHAT THE SCHOOLS SHOULD TEACH EDUCATION AS INDOCTRINATION THE POWER AND GUIDANCE OF PUBLIC OPINION NAPOLEON AS EDITORIAL WRITER NAPOLEON AS WAR CORRESPONDENT THE NEWS THAT'S FIT TO PRINT SCIENCE AND THE ARTS "NEW TRUTHS, NEW DISCOVERIES" ON PHYSICIANS AND MEDICINE ON PSEUDO SCIENCES SCIENTIFIC PROGRESS AND ARTISTIC CREATION "AH! GOOD TASTE!" THE FINE ARTS ON MUSIC ADVICE TO AN ACTOR ON POLITICS, DRAMA, AND DRAMATISTS PHILOSOPHIZING ON HOMER THE LOGISTICS OF THE TROJAN HORSE ON LITERATURE AND WRITERS THE ART OF RULING. ELEMENTARY PRINCIPLES OF POLITICSON WOLVES AND LAMBS THE STATESMAN'S HEART AND HEAD "THE STRONG ARE GOOD" WHETHER RULERS SHOULD BE POPULAR "NEVER ADMIT A MISTAKE" ADVICE TO GOVERNORS AND KINGS THE ART OF USING MEN ON DIPLOMACY ON SECRET POLICE AND SPIES "THE MOST HUMANE METHOD" ON HIS ROYAL COLLEAGUES ON DIVERSE STATESMEN NATIONS AND PEOPLES "FRANCE BEFORE EVERYTHING" ON CORSICAN INDEPENDENCE ON THE ITALIANS ON THE GERMANS "NATURAL BOUNDARIES" ON THE SPANISH ON POLISH INDEPENDENCE ON FREEDOM FOR THE NEGROES I II "HIS MAJESTY LOVES THE AMERICANS."