Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-04-27


Institute Of France. This was an honor
Of which he was very proud. In accept
ing the distinction, he said, referring to
the member of the Institute, Il feel as
surod that before can ho their equal
must long he their scholar. Truo con-
QurSts-the only ones which leave no
regret behind them-are those which
arc made over ignorance. The most hon
Orable occupation for nations is the con-
tributinS 10 the extension Of human
knowledge, The true power of the
French Republic should hcncefOrth be
made IL consist i'll not allowing \ single
new idea to exist without making it
part Of its property" For some time
after this. Napoleon was wont TO sign
himself Member Of the National In$ti-
| tate
Such ceremonies as those attending
his reception in Paris were always re-
gardvd by Bonaparte rs so much num-
mrrv-quitp necessary i'll the makeup
of glory; hut very cheap Not month
elapsed before the General became rest
| less Ia degree To Bourrienne, his sec
rotary. he said: "Bourriennc. / do not
wish 10 remain here; there is nothing
TO do They tho Directory are unwill-
ing IL listen 10 anything. l see that if l
| linGpr here. shall soon lose myself
| Everything wears ont here; my glory
| has already disappeared This little
| Europe does not supply enough Of it for
me | must seek II i'll the East, the
fountain Of glory. However, wish first
IL make Il tour along the coast, 10 as
certain nv my own observation what
may be attempted. | will take you,
LauncS. and Sulkowskv with me. II
thp success Of u descent on England ap-
pear doubtful, rs | suspect il will. tho
Army of England shall become tho
Army If the East; Twill so to Egypt.
| E,uapario WAS now made commander
If t..a new army. which was alleged to
| be intended for an invasion of England.
On the whole, It seems that he never
seriously contemplated descent on the
English coast. He was too prudent for
that BUT ho lent himself to tho popu-
lar whim, and made rs though he
would invade the British Isles. The
Directory. meanwhile, gave him no or
drrS 1t had already come to pass that
he did much as he pleased. On the 10th
Of February, l19S, he set ont from Par
is with his secretary. his aide Sulkow
SKY. and General LanneS, He went TO
Etaples, Ambleteuse. Boulogne, Calais,
Duukirk, FurnrS. Newport, Ostcnd. and
the Isle Of Walchrrrn; and then return
60 to Paris by Antwerp. Brussels, Lille.
SID ST. Quentin. Everywhere on the
tourney he showed the greatest activity
and dlScernment His glance shot into
every situation. He informed himself Of
the conditions existing along the coast,
but did not prosecute the scheme Of in
vaSlOn.
The superiority Of Napoleon over the
men of his epoch lay i'll his arreaching
saze and comprehension of great things.
His vision flashed over the European
landscape like n CLEAN of light A
twenty eight he had already discerneC
that the best way to affiict Great Brit
= ain was by destroying her influence il
the East Out of this notion sprang hi
project of conQuering Egypt. Beyou'
; Egypt lay all Asia Europe" said he
is n molehill There have never beef
; great empires and revolutions except il
: the East. where there are 600, 600, 00
e men" The Directory readily assenteu
/, | to his wishes. 1t Is IN evidence tnaE Una
= body was more than willing to have tn
ambitious commander out of Europe.
J. On the 18th of April. 1898. Napoleo
was appointed General-in Chief Of tn
Army of the East. Virtually he was
5 60 where he would, and accomplis
what he could. The matter once deter
}, mined. he brought everything to result
with the greatest rapidity. he mad
}, Toulon the rendezvous for his army an
fleet. He gathered to his standard q rel
inue of the learned, mostly members {
the Institute He would disseminate th
; [ civilization of the West in the effet
Orient En- route. he would conqut
Malta. still nominally under the domiI
, ion of the Knights That done,
- would debark at Alexandria, overtime
, the dominion Of the Mameluke Boy
and conquer and oolonize the land Of q
Pharaohs. Admiral Brpeya YAs pale