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    gavelegsandarandlivestoservethisfner,ook

    thethousaheirhosandrched

    thenteofrussianlishorspanishor

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    theyheagonyofdeath.

    ifyouaskforanexplanation,istanshati

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    hegreatestofactorsandthei

    esandunderalles

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    standheuoodakethedeepest

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    thebaids,oraddressed

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    differealltisheasterofthesituation.even

    attheend,anexileonalittlerotheddleoftheatlantic,

    asiatthercyofadullandintolerablebritishgoveor,

    heheldthetreofthestage.

    afterthedefeatoferloo,sideofafew

    trustedfriendseversaperor.thepeopleof

    europekheheislandofst.helena

    theyknedayandnight

    theykhebritishfleetguardedthegarrisonh

    guardedtheeeroronhisfartlonghewas

    oftheherfriendorene.whenillness

    anddespairhadatlasttakenhieyesntinued

    tohaunttheue

    inthelifeoffranceasahundredyearsagowhenpeople

    faiheresightofthissalloanabled

    hishorsesintheholiesttelesoftherussiankrein,and

    ightyohisearthasif

    theykeys.

    togiveyouareoutlineofhislifeand

    upleofvolus.totellyouofhisgreatpoliti

    ofthefrenchstate,ofhisneodesoflahwere

    adoptedinsteuropeanuntries,ofhisactivitiesinevery

    fieldofpublitivity,akethousandsofpages.but

    iexplaininafecessfulduring

    thefirstpartofhiscareera

    tenyears.froheyear1789untiltheyear1804,napoleon

    hegreatleaderofthefrenchrevolution.he

    relyfightingfloryofhisoe.hedefeated

    austriaanditalyandenglandandrussiabecausehe,hielf,

    andhissoldiersheapostlesofthenereedof

    ``liberty,frateityandequalityandiesof

    theurtsheyhefriendsofthepeople.

    butintheyear1804,napoleondehielfhereditary

    eerorofthefrendsentforpopepiusviitoe

    
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    antlybeforenapoleonseyes.

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    heethe

    chiefofalltheoppressorsahisshootingsquadsready

    toexecutethoseperialwill.no

    onehadshedatearainsof

    theholyroothehistoricaldustbin

    andangloryroyed

    bythegrandsonofanitalianpeasant.buthenapoleonic

    areshadinvadedspain,hadforcedthespaniardsto

    regniseakiested,hadssacredthepoor

    drilenesainedfaithfultotheiroldrulers,then

    publipiniontuedagainsttheforrheroand

    austerlitzandahuherrevolutionarybattles.then

    andonlythen,heheroofthe

    revolutionbutthepersonificationofallthebadtraitsofthe

    i,possibleflandtogivedireto

    thefastspreadiintofhatreduingall

    honintoehefrencheeror.

    theenglishpeoplefroheverybeginninghadfelt

    deeplydisgustedthegrueso

    detailsoftheterror.theyhadstagedtheiro

    revolutithereignofcharlesiaturybefore.

    ithadbeenaverysileaffairparedtotheupheavalof

    paris.intheeyesoftheaverageenglishnajabinwas

    aobeshotatsightandnapoleonhechiefdevil.

    thebritishfleethadblockadedfranceeversiheyear

    1798.ithadspoilednapoleonsplantoinvadeindiabyway

    ofegyptandhadforiniousretreat,

    afterhisvictoriesalongthe,

    intheyear1805,englandgottheceithadedforso

    long.

    nearcapetrafalgaroheastofspain,

    nelsonannihilatedthenapoleonicfleet,beyondapossible

    thatnton,theeerorwas

    landlocked.evenso,heaintain

    hielfastheregnisedrulerofthehadheuood

    thesignsofthetisandaeptedthehonourablepeace

    .butnapoleonhadbeenblinded

    bytheblazeofhisoognisenoequals.

    heuldtoleratenorivals.andhishatredtuedagainst

    russia,thesteriouslandoftheendlessplain**s

    inexhaustiblesupplyofonfodder.

    aslongasrussiahehalftedson

    ofcatherihegreat,napoleonhadknoodealh

    thesituation.butpaulgreoreandreirresponsible

    untilhisexasperatedsubjectsurderhibr>

    lesttheyallbesenttothesiberianleadnesandthesonof

    paul,theeeroralexander,didnotsharehisfathersaffe

    fortheusurperheregardedastheeneofnkind,

    theetealdisturberofthepeace.hean

    hathehadbeenchosenbygodtodeliverthe

    thersicurse.hejoinedprussiaandengland

    andaustriaandhees

    andfivetishefailed.intheyear1812heoaun

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