The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1895-01-08

had. like the men Of his class, 1ndulged
his passions to a certain degree, bat he
had not been riotous in his living, and
ne had not debt in the world. What
his education and reading were makes
clear that he could have known nothing
with q scholars thoroughness except
the essentials of his profession But
he could master details as no man be-
fore or since; he had a vast fund OF in
formation, and historic outline drawn
In fair proportion and powerful strokes.
his philosophy was meagre. but he
knew the principles of Rousseau and
Raynal thoroughly. His conception Of
politics and men was not scientific, but
it was clear aad practical The trade
OF arms had not been to his taste. He
heartily disliked routine. and despised
the petty duties of his rank. The pro-
fesslon, however, was means to an
end; OF any mastery Of strategy or tao
tics, or even interest in them, he had
as yet given no sign, but he was abb
sorbed in contemplating and analysing
the exploits Of the great world-con-
querors- In particular his mind was
dazzled by the splendors of the Orient
as the only field on which an Alexander
could have displayed himself, and he
knew what but few great minds have
grasped, that the interchange of rela-
lions between the east and the west
had been the life of the world. The
greatness OF England he understood to
be largely due to her bestriding the
two hemispheres.
Up to this moment he had been
theorist, and might have wasted his
fine powers by further indulgence in
dazzling cancellations. as so many
boys do when not called to test their
hypothesis by experience. Hencefor-
ward he was removed from such tempta-
tion. His plan for an elective council
to replace that Of the mobiles, and for q
national militia, had been matured.
He was . cautious and practical expert
menter from the moment he left
Auxonne. Thus far he had put into
practice none of his fine thoughts, or
the lessons learned in books. The
family destination had made him q
solicitor of favors. and, but for the
turn in public affairs, he might have
continued to be one. His own inclina-
lions had made him both a good stu
dent and poor officer; without field
for larger duties he might have con-
tinued as he was. In Corsica his line
of conduct was not changed abruptly;
the possibilities of greater things dawn
ing gradually, the application of great
already formed, came with
the march of events, not like the sun
bursting out from behind . cloud.
Travelling by way of AK, Napoleon
took the unlucky Lucien with him.
The maynard but independent younger
brother, as he tells US in his published
memoirs, making no allowance for the
disdain an older boy at school is sup
posed to feel for q younger one, blood
relative or not, had been repelled by
the cold reception his senior had given
him at Brienne. Having left that school
against the advice Of the same would
be mentor, his suit for admission to
AK had been fruitless- Necessity was
driving him homeward, and the two
who, in afterdays were again to be
were now, for almost the
only time in their lives. companions
for a considerable while. Their inter
course made them more harmonious in
feeling. The only incident of the jour
ney was a visit to the Able Raynal at
Marseilles. We would gladly know
of tho salk between the
---ster and pupil. but we do not.