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AtO6lN4gNlS, Nt)NEl3IB Be-
II Il Hel8aa- l5 he MANY Tssnch wh.
he9<. ~ .ha EmpeTor's minute eso-
|.1| dFe on this occasion
p. fpelA Kdnirable those
WE Eo $50 DE fsquilite local inlorrna.
q , 01pt 5e surprised 81 tie Empe-
81 q igqortat = n The bosder districts 81
.ostp 9egnan 51t could not bat smile
Ms ndEu sons aAer talon or KNOWLEDGE.
lNqitgp happy vas Be, bow ever with ~.
eepeds il he tselm. He iook he q.
raiie .of blfd. and as sueha. praised Il q
- qansofis who with Lacepede became
Eqpisa paxions about NapoIeo6's bIundsr !,
wniqn The knperor observing. broke olf
tne coqFei se. lRn rsaghly. and went awav
~ eyl3ent lllthaqour. FThe petty zeal
Yi'n " pleb Nap0lecn endeayored "a shine
"a the sociM clFele---a sphere for which
be was altogether uBfiied- skas On occa.
SONS perfectly ladicrogs ); hefe he faile3s
d Ettttt1fss q. sberrrs-rF-r
iorulY successful. One cause OF bis bad
success as c3nyersa,ionalist layno doubt
10 the habit be bad OF saying severe and
unpleasant thinss; but even when be
wished seriousIyto make himself agreea.
BILE he seldom cpuld bTing it beyond the
triaIng and Insignificant; and | was n.y.
self witness 10 "a occasion 10 ST. Cloud,
where 70 whole row Of ladies be could
say nothing but the same sentence twenty
times over II fait chaud.
I'll is tfae Chat not few energetic
phrases are current from Na2oieon's
mouth, and bis commands atelor the most
part short and severe but 10 these il is
more The might Of the mind that speaks
than The speech ltself that compels atteni
lion. II ISL always the Emperor who
speaks, and 10 him, not 10 the orator, lies
The charm. Several happy ideas. again
that are comnohly ascribed % him, belong
properly 10 other PERSONS. WHO we're too
polite 10 TeviaGicate the intellectual pro-
perry which THE Emperor had neatly
pockeled. When an he other hand he
spoke coatinuouslyin greater fulness Of
COMMUNICATIONS, Is be loved 10 do, and lei
himself out ID ia infni:y Of phrases. heap
ing facts aud arguments vita the creates:
tluency on oqe another. on such occasicns
one missed. very much order and conf.
inuity, clearhess, and precision of IDEAS;
al the ssnie. time he never .ost sight ,oftis
purpose; bit II ,was moi by his words so
much as BY ibis. s1periority as q general
and BY the iron might 81 bis will, lhathe
Ewas Won't 90 surely 10 eithih that purpose !
In these latter qualities indeed consists
his true greatness; T and there is,no neces-
silly for decking him out in exce!lencies
which be did not possess Is the incarha
tion of victory and the Instinct Of ddm-
mand he renaiat one Of tne greatest men
| that ever have Been. Alexander Cesar
and Frederick Possessed the gil Of e.a;
guence Napolspa could . ever require ii
bis intellectual Constitution, and yet more
the tone Of biz, feelings, would not admit
lIof it'll iii
| This Is the true reason Why Napoleon
was 80 sensitive 10 all attacks with The
weapons. Of witt he vas utterly naked
here, and could not return the thrust ;
a clever song 81 well pointed lampoon
could mako him psrisoa1y rabid. Al that
/ time there WAS .cprren. in Paris song Oh
his new marriage written in the tone d
the eommnaesi street ballads, but without
doubt eomposedfby some Of, The higher
classes. The Emperor saw his splendbr
and his power sfained by vulgar thyme,
and snorted revenge bill The police knew
lbs little ofthe writer as Of the distributors.
had received acbpy .5y the penny-posi
without name add badly written, aud had
repeated the words so often to my init.
mate friends ;bailI could now say them by
hesrt. Strangely enough. as these things
will happen, at 1.-The very moment when
J the Emperor. frowning and out Of humor
as have described him, was passing ths
/ spot where ! stood, what should come
into my head bol this same song, words
and melody 10 Authorization TO my fan
cy, and there HE little DEVIL began Il
work so busily that was onltiqe point o
/, yielding 10 The temptation and humming
the fatal stave audibly. when suddenly,
10 my great relief, the leyee broke up
and rel eaisd dssp bows from all sides &C
companied, the departure Of Napoleon
who hadaimed none or bis harsh words
/ but only Iassingle penetrating look at me
on the withdrawal Or which, however,
| felt as ifI had escaped ffom imminen
bodily danger.
! THE DUTcl4Ess DE BERRT.