Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1882-12-22
NA2cLE3E The TIGST.

History nGS not represented the
first Ma .uicuu aS he va, in leality.
Po"t-. i.iV;st" .,.,rctir;r-. co!irtirrs,
enthusiasts. cne MRS and clamorrra.
nav" drawn ti.r portrait. We pro
pose t. examine lis character from
The point IF view of Psychologist ans.
| pO-ltivlst.
Napoleon was neither dark nor
fair. He had dark chestnut hair,
eyes sray. complexion of = pale brown
without any red in ii. and a smooth
skin. The brain WAS large: the
skull belonged 10 the largest develop
lnrnt ever known. His circulation
was slow. the pulse counting forty
beats a minute; he perspired little.
and Was inS"nsiblc alike to heat and
cold. hunger and thirst: his chest
was prominent. and his limbs we'll
nrJportioued; his height WAS five
feet two inches. or a lymphatic
temperament, he could support alike
excess OF physical and intellectual ex-
ortiOn. It WAS Il constitution OF
granite. Warm baths. coffee and
stron" wines restored his circulation.
His intellect was vast and many
sided, applying itself to details and
gcneralizations; made up of prodig-
iuus memory, that rapidly took ac-
count OF place, number and cause.
ana the bearings of things: Il genius.
III fine, cmlnently practical and posi-
tly!st. Discrimination. an extra0rdin-
ary power Of generalization. and a
sluggish temperament. make up this
wonderful man; these qualities are
the sources OF his greatness.
He WAS a fataist. Events are
brought about by power superior
10 human will, he said. There is
neither good nor bad in the world.
The morality of an action is to be
judged by its expediency. Religions
are human institutions, serving as a
sort of vaccine to protect us against
lower superstitions, to be defended,
not in the interests of society, but in
the interests of the priests.
Such was his creed, and he natur-
ally hated those who possessed a
higher one. Consul, emperor, pris-
oner and exile, he hated philosophy
and philosophers from first to last,
and accused them of the misfortunes
he had himself brought upon France
the failure of the Russian expedi-
ton, the sore discomfort of the ma
ton and so on. They believe
neither in myself, nor in my priests"
he said, these metaphysicians. speak
ing of b. Constant. l.. Chenier,
Guignene and others, who showed
hostility to the Concortlat, "and are
good for nothing but to be thrown
into pond. F'e les al CONNIE upe
rermine sur mes habits" 1t was
natural that being. as he eminently
was, Il mystiticr of the people, daz-
zling them with charlatanry and
words, he should fear and hate the
spirit of inquiry and independence.
Thus, Tacitus was mere writer of
romance,sGibbon a brawler, because
these two writers exposed the crimes
OF the Roman emperors. Eoltaire.
Rousseau, Necker, de Stacl, j. b. Say,
Gall, Montlosicr, Raynouard, Lcmcr
.cier. were equally hateful to him, as
were all writer's ancient and modern
who dared think for themselves. For
the exaltation of Cpsarism, he
wanted the Roman history to be
written ever again, and maintained
host of Htterateurs for that purpose;
Barere, Madame de Genlis, Fierce,
Montgaillard, Faulanes, Locepedcs,
etc. Authors who ventured upon
criticism were either exiled or thrown
into prison. Foreign books and
Journals were prohibited: and quite
logically. Free thought treads
down structure of falsehood and
justification called Bonapartism.-
De Bodichon.