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the judgment expressed in this and the following chapters。  The

psychology of Napoleon as here given is largely confirmed by them。



'44' Roederer; III; 380 (1802)。



'45'  Napoleon uses the French word just which means both fair;

justifiable; pertinent; correct; and in music true。



'46' 〃Mémorial。〃



'47' De Pradt; 〃Histoire de l'Ambassade dans la grande…duché de

Varsovie en 1812;〃 preface; p。  X; and 5。



'48' Roederer; III。; 544 (February 24; 1809)。  Cf。  Meneval; 〃Napoléon

et Marie…Louise; souvenirs historiques;〃 I。; 210…213。



'49' Pelet de la Lozère;〃 Opinions de Napoléon au conseil d'état;〃

p。8。  … Roederer; III。; 380。



'50' Mollien; 〃Mémoires;〃 I。; 379; II。; 230。…Roederer; III。; 434。  〃He

is at the head of all things。  He governs; administrates; negotiates;

works eighteen hours a day; with the clearest and best organized head;

he has governed more in three years than kings in a hundred years。〃 …

Lavalette; 〃Mémoires;〃 II。; 75。  (The words of Napoleon's secretary on

Napoleon's labor in Paris; after Leipsic)  〃He retires at eleven; but

gets up at three o'clock in the morning; and until the evening there

is not a moment he does not devote to work。  It is time this stopped;

for he will be used up; and myself before he is。〃… Gaudin; Duc de

Ga?te; 〃Mémoires;〃 III。  (supplement); p。75。  Account of an evening in

which; from eight o'clock to three in the morning; Napoleon examines

with Gaudin his general budget; during seven consecutive hours;

without stopping a minute。  …Sir Neil Campbell; 〃Napoléon at

Fontainebleau and at Elbe;〃 p。243。  〃Journal de Sir Neil Campbell a'

l'ile d'Elbe〃:  I never saw any man; in any station in life; so

personally active and so persistent in his activity。  He seems to take

pleasure in perpetual motion and in seeing those who accompany him

completely tired out; which frequently happened in my case when I

accompanied him。 。   。  Yesterday; after having been on his legs from

eight in the morning to three in the afternoon; visiting the frigates

and transports; even to going down to the lower compartments among the

horses; he rode on horseback for three hours; and; as he afterwards

said to me; to rest himself。〃



'51' The starting…point of the great discoveries of Darwin is the

physical; detailed description he made in his study of animals and

plants; as living; during the whole course of life; through so many

difficulties and subject to a fierce competition。  This study is

wholly lacking in the ordinary zoologist or botanist; whose mind is

busy only with anatomical preparations or collections of plants。   In

every science; the difficulty lies in describing in a nutshell; using

significant examples; the real object; just as it exists before us;

and its true history。  Claude Bernard one day remarked to me; 〃We

shall know physiology when we are able to follow step by step a

molecule of carbon or azote in the body of a dog; give its history;

and describe its passage from its entrance to its exit。〃



'52' Thibaudeau; 〃Mémoires sur le Consulat;〃 204。  (Apropos of the

tribunate): 〃They consist of a dozen or fifteen metaphysicians who

ought to be flung into the water; they crawl all over me like vermin。



'53' Madame de Rémusat; I。; 115: 〃He is really ignorant; having read

very little and always hastily。〃 … Stendhal; 〃Mémoires sur Napoleon〃:

〃 His education was very defective。  。  。  。He knew nothing of the

great principles discovered within the past one hundred years;〃 and

just those which concern man or society。  〃For example; he had not

read Montesquieu as this writer ought to be read; that is to say; in a

way to accept or decidedly reject each of the thirty…one books of the

'Esprit des lois。' He had not thus read Bayle's Dictionary nor the

Essay on the Wealth of Nations by Adam Smith。  This ignorance of the

Emperor's was not perceptible in conversation; and first; because he

led in conversation; and next because with Italian finesse no question

put by him; or careless supposition thrown out; ever betrayed that

ignorance。〃 … Bourrienne。  I。; 19; 21: At Brienne; 〃unfortunately for

us; the monks to whom the education of youth was confided knew

nothing; and were too poor to pay good foreign teachers。  。  。  。  It

is inconceivable how any capable man ever graduated from this

educational institution。〃  … Yung; I。; 125 (Notes made by him on

Bonaparte; when he left the Military Academy): 〃Very fond of the

abstract sciences; indifferent to others; well grounded in mathematics

and geography。〃



'54' Roederer; III。; 544 (March 6; 1809); 26; 563 (Jan。  23; 1811; and

Nov。  12; 1813)。



'55' Mollien; I。; 348 (a short time before the rupture of the peace of

Amiens); III。; 16: 〃It was at the end of January; 1809; that he wanted

a full report of the financial situation on the 31st of December; 1808

。  。  。  。  This report was to be ready in two days。〃 … III。; 34: 〃A

complete balance sheet of the public treasury for the first six months

of 1812 was under Napoleon's eyes at Witebsk; the 11th of August;

eleven days after the close of these first six months。  What is truly

wonderful is; that amidst so many different occupations and

preoccupations 。  。  。  。  he could preserve such an accurate run of

the proceedings and methods of the administrative branches about which

he wanted to know at any moment。  Nobody had any excuse for not

answering him; for each was questioned in his own terms; it is that

singular aptitude of the head of the State; and the technical

precision of his questions; which alone explains how he could maintain

such a remarkable ensemble in an administrative system of which the

smallest threads centered in himself。〃



'56'  200 years after the death of Napoleon Sir Alfred Ayer thus

writes in 〃LANGUAGE; TRUTH AND LOGIC〃: 'Actually; we shall see that

the only test to which a form of scientific procedure which satisfies

the necessary condition of self…consistency is subject; is the test of

its success in practice。  We are entitled to have faith in our

procedure just so long as it does the work it is designed to do … that

is; enables us to predict future experience; and so to control our

environment。〃

And on the Purpose of Inquiry:

'The traditional disputes of philosophers are; for the most part; as

unwarranted as they are unfruitful。  The surest way to end them is to

establish beyond question what should be the purpose and the method of

philosophical inquiry。' (SR。)



'57' An expression of Mollien。



'58' Meneval; I。; 210; 213。  … Roederer; III。; 537; 545 (February and

March; 1889): Words of Napoleon: 〃At this moment it was nearly

midnight。〃 …  Ibid。; IV。; 55 (November; 1809)。  Read the admirable

examination of Roederer by Napoleon on the Kingdom of Naples。  His

queries form a vast systematic and concise network; embracing the

entire subject; leaving no physical or moral data; no useful

circumstance not seized upon。  … Ségur; II。; 231: M。 De Ségur; ordered

to inspect every part of the coast…line; had sent in his report: 〃'I

have seen your reports;' said the First Consul to me; 'and they are

exact。  Nevertheless; you forgot at Osten two cannon out of the four。'

… And he pointed out the place; 'a roadway behind the town。' I went

out overwhelmed with astonishment that among thousands of cannon

distributed among the mounted batteries or light artillery on the

coast; two pieces should not have escaped his recollection。〃 …

〃Correspondance;〃 letter to King Joseph; August 6;  1806: 〃The

admirable condition of my armies is due to this; that I give attention

to them every day for an hour or two; and; when the monthly reports

come in; to the state of my troops and fleets; all forming about

twenty large volumes。  I leave every other occupation to read them

over in detail; to see what difference there is between one month and

another。  I take more pleasure in reading those than any young girl

does in a novel。〃 …  Cadet de Gassicourt; 〃Voyage en Autriche〃(1809)。

On his reviews at Schoenbrunn and his verification of the contents of

a pontoon…wagon; taken as an example。



'59' One ancient French league equals app。  4 km。 (SR。)



'60' Bourrienne; II。; 116; IV。; 238: 〃He had not a good memory for

proper names; words; and dates; but it was prodigious for facts and

localities。  I remember that; on the way from Paris to Toulon; he

called my attention to ten places suitable for giving battle。   。  。

。  It was a souvenir of his youthful travels; and he described to me

the lay of the ground; designating the positions he would have taken

even before we were on the spot。〃 March 17; 1800; puncturing a card

with a pin; he shows Bourrienne the place where he intends to beat

Mélas; at San Juliano。  〃Four months after this I found myself at San

Juliano with his portfolio and dispatches; and; that very evening; at

Torre…di…Gafolo; a league off; I wrote the bulletin of the battle

under his dictat

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