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

TABLE OF CONTENTS
 PREFACE
 INTRODUCTION
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 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
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 "HIS MAJESTY LOVES THE AMERICANS."