The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1860-06-22
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LIFE OF The
EMPRESS JOSEPHINE.
WIFE OF NAPOLEON I.

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The EmFr s: JOSEF li.ne was cue Of the most
remarkable Of al the extraordinary characters
who rose to conspicuous public positions in
GO sequa' &c Ct the Fr.rch Revolution. Won~
dnTiul are the events of her life. With the kind
est and most aaectjorata Of human hearts she
united the sternest prncipl les Of rec,itude, and
compIei cnsise gcuius.
Iapoiacl! foresight, her superiority to Napo~
con IS now universally recognized. Had he
listened to her adnouti0ns, the fall OF his en-
pre- nj shj have been averted. i Is worthy Of
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been inherited b7 her defendants two of whom
E'nclyon III. ard Pedro II. respectively the
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Josedhine constantly looked to the glory Of
France and the fame OF her husband as the two
most desirable objects. When Napoleon desired
10 perpeju1te his dynasty by second marriage
which might yield him male heir 70 his throne,
josephine molly sacrificed her own FEELINGS 10
what she was told might eventuate to the advou-
tage Of France. IN his adversely this true wo,
man forgot all but their happy years of welded
loVe-rcmembered not that she had been rcpu-
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