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NapnL.roN M.


NsroLroS M.
The star Of the third Napoleon :. in The
ascendant Victor Hugo ebristened lin Ma
poloon the Little. and for . season 20. .on
temptnoas cpith.t was eeho-d sud re echoed
everywhere Notody thiuks n itnJv
The French Rmperor may ;. feared aud de-
tested, but lc H. M u ger rsdiculed or sis.
piSed The world talks Of Tin. at least
whh resp Ct sometimes with ave a. well
a. ha'e-but TO longer In nock,ry lie
rules great nation With a resoluIs will. aud
IL knows i. master lie hss taken his place
anon. the s"vcrsigus O. Eutope-at fret
shuunSi a. parveuu ruler, ~ hs tolerated
until tie rrisis upon which he had risen 10
short lived should have passed uNsy. and
then To- be icnominioIsly Gismissci-noN
tho acknowledged dictator If the nations.
graspiug w hiS hsnd ti- i.suas ~ Peace ard
war. dragging hauglty r. gland suilenly hut
submissivsIy III bis traIu. Iurimidatipg Aus
tria aud Prnssil. aud confronting the colos
su, of the NJTth--,hs ouly tlyat II Rus-sA
for the ptedomirauee ia Europe. tie arly
ally she seek. With whom To divide ,he do
miniOD. lie may be Napoleon the Bad,
Napoleon the Treaehcrous Napoleon tho
Hated, but no longer Napoleon tie Little
The epitlct Of Victor Hugo IS an anaehron-
ism already.
lie mag at tlis tine, too. be we'll styled
Napoleon the Fortunate. From persoeuted
fugitive. and only not moro persecuted 10.
cause ko was considered q charlatan from
whoa nothing but foliy could lie expected,
he las become a mighty morareh. The fail.
urcs Of his carly life. which made him mock
ell as p or piIiied. tair Drained advst torsr,
have been redeemed By n wonderful success
aud oyeTpail for the worst humiliations Of
the past, when Kings aud Emperors are
watching his word to give them the key note
Of their own policy, and when the Royal
Victoria bends in her own palses TO eueirels
his knee With tho insignia OF homer And
now comes the erowuing bhppiness for the
mas, blessing him, ii he have heart. with
glow beyond aud above the tTiumphs be has
achieved over men and fortune, and the
crown which be has won aud wears SO proud.
ly \ youth wasted ia dsbauehcries, n heart
dcaagnel by long career Of Illicit smouTs.
is. late in middle life Tefrcshtued aud reyiv
fled BY a genuine sff ction The wearied
rOue becomes passion ate lever a succcssful
wOOsE, devoted husband and at the mo.
mtnt when he seems 60 have reached the
highest ronnd of hi, political fortunes. to be
firmly fixed OF 'hs Ihrone cf Fraucc. aud
make Z :. thc dictator ,.f .pv,rs gus and n
bitter of nations son !. horn 10 him TO give
him the promise Of consolidating his poNer,
and perp,iuating it H. dyLssty & his own
blood ThatinsHsblc love Of ~ .priug which
lies dse?t smotg tie human al, etious, is
heightened aud expanded by the pride VI
racs-the race oi Nsrulsop in tb stsr of
Wh,se destiny 81. fsith {. urtourdsd SD
b. The sgeilirg ccuscI"ls ntss Of wssi be has
done 10 Tcstnre rs fortunes, aad q the gran
dsur aud greatness HLioh he j. buiidiuR Up
Tor his own ros,stity The ebsr!s'sn Rdvsn
turer, prisoner rous r"Njy, is tie Emperor
-NapOlson tho Fof'Bua'e
But no man however iayou.ly life moves
10 his pulses, or bfigEtly shines bis external
fortune, eau be written down ss the Harry.
for history, until be is dead While be i've.
too, who can penetrate tbr6ugh The darIiibg
exterior of high position, brilliant successes.
pride, au bition snd love RratiGsd. into tts
deeper recssses cf lhe interior m 90, aud read
all the secrets q the heart. the stadaws oi
regrets fUr all the past the Jaugs u msmo
y peTA7fs rcfusTs- aud che iBdtHrabie ter
20 tle failure Au1 the ebarsts q
change. bow soon they may come 10 ov. ram
'ruc'ure q greatness s5d hsppi.
ltHsss that depends upon 90
ansi sof l,rtubs ssd % may
.-ou the huhrTs sf q hckls
100, s,.4k sli ,bta dcspersts
rfIFiei Of srmo ger F0ihsH
r, Enie. add Teril,s. Il fts ths
hs, pil- uh,eh any hour may bliHbt lsi
q uhigA tss strongest cord may Sc sas pysI
ausy With the stP ring ifssth of . us~tatu
babe Surrcuudsd ~ -uch JsfIs held up
~ saoh uursisEirs tension 0f 81 ths sher.
Eiss of The nj !. shfosfI syefyutsrs sith
jssloasy fags sbd tke sIsrusl vigil. q taffti
- uiia t.e kaifc 5s che bailst. q 90 tssassin
uaitioz fsF him aith never aiucLing rasietes
81 sssfy eoFass asd ta5 most rksri5hcd De-
dfss of bic heart % feeble held even in BE
siroBE FrasP uho shvics ils foiiun4ts Em
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7 from tbs IbviliJss we're ihandsrine forth .
utis5ms 90 ths Her q Trabes 4 sauat
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hsfslied sith tVsn mere sutb b-gis'm ssd
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