The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1900-11-18

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ways run IN. hishs., motive, fof on me occs.
.ipr h. scrutni,ss The Hoohs ~ samusl and
kinss IN 80 vhs, l. ,h.ir ,~stlm"oy In favor
NJ legitimate monarchy Tn o'hsf occssons'
horrver. me hhla va. rod win no -nch oh.
Loot he VS. vs are lid, a great 9dr'fer ~
~ Paul We have often read, NJ cu'ifss. an
scfotes In witch tho Imp-ror 10 rem e-~nt"d
a. pointing 10 the nrmar~nt and dsclalmlns n
vague ielsm Newman has sivsn from trr-
d,tlon IA" final Judgment passed IN 'hfi-
'inni'y ~ Napoleon at ~ Helena. wh"rein
Napoleon IL reported io have compared tho
snsdnvy fam. Of C~~sr and Alexander With
the living force ~ Christ, aud ~ have summed
No With Gan he no lee. than dlvtnei- As
matter ~ fact tho reA Napoleon talked IN a
very diNerent fashion Gourgsud. ind~cd.
talks OF the stars and thar creator In the way
attributed to Napoleon. but the latter mubs
him Fapoleon's real leahlfs sesr,s IN be to
Mohammsdanism lie declares that hs WINS
much disturbed by N. arguments of N. sheiks
In Egypt who contendsd that tho-e who wor-
shipped three delue- must necessarily he pa.
gans Nohammsda nlsm. on the other hand,
Ia hs says. more simple aud. he adds. char
actoristloally. 10 superior TO Christianity. In
that II conquered half the world In ton years.
while Christianity took 300 years to establish
its.lf Another time he declares Mohamms-
dsnism to bo tho m ,st beautiful OF all religions
Once hs even says. We Mohsmmsdsns
Although he prefers Mohamm mechanism 20
Christianity. he prefers the Roman 10 the
Anglican communion. or. a. any rate. tho
Roman to The Anglican ritual lie giye. as
the reason for his prefersnos that In the Roman
Church the people do not understand tho
prayers, and that II IL not wise 20 try and make
matters too clear. lie thinks, however, that
tina plary,, aI.,tA ..a--, tln,,yl ~ .kDnlA
hesitate to confess himself TO q married priest
who would repeat ever ythins To his wife He
declares that he hirse!f. having been anolnted.
Is capable OF contrasting n r~enitcnt. He IL
not 40 favorable 10 the hierarchy rs 10 the
ritual OF Rome lie IL hostile to the Papacy.
Britain and northern Europe have wisely. he
says. emancipated then selves from this yoke.
for II IL ridiculous that the chief Of the State
should not no chief Of he Church Of the State,
For this reason lie regrets that Francis ] did
not, a. he nearly did. emancipatc himself and
his people bv ldherins to the Reformation.
He him ELI had regretted In old days. when
wearied With his disastrous struggle against
the Papccy. that, instead Of concluding tho
oonoordat he had not declared himself a Prot
estant. The nation would have followed
him. and would have thus freed Itself from the
yoke OF Rome As the Emperor proceeds. he
becomes more hostile TO Christianity. AS for
me- he breaks out on one OCCASION. my opinion
10 formed that the divine Christ never existed,
He tho man Jesusl WAS put to death like any
other fanatic who protested to be a prophet or
a Messiah. There were constantly people OF
thl. kind. Then I look back from the New
Testament TO the Old. and | find one able man
Moses He erds by returning TO the Bible
with 4 map. and declaring that he will write
the campaigns OF Moses. Sc eight |. his belief
In the Saviour that he mentions as an eI-
traordlnary fact that Pope Plus VII. did 40
tually believe In Christ.
As 10 man the Emperor proclaims himself
a materialist. Sometimes he thinks that man
was created IN some particular temperature
of the air sometimes, that be was produced
from clay, as Herodotus nnrrates that Nile
mud was transformed into rats: that he WAS
warmed by the sun. and combined With cleo
trio fluid Say what you like. everything
IS matter more or less organized When out
hunting ! had the deer cut open. and saw that
their interior was the same as that OF man
A man IL only a more perfect being than a
dog or a tree, and living better. The plant
"a the frs, link In a chain Of which man Is the
last. know that this IL all contrary to religion.
but Il. IL my opinion that we are all matter
Again. What are electricity. Galvanisin. mag
netism' In these lies the great secret OF ma
ture. Galvanism works In silence | think
myself that man IL the product Of these fluids
and OF the atmosphere. that the brain pumps
up these fluids and imparts lfs. and that tho
soul IS composed Of these fluids. which after
death return into the atmosphere, whence
they are pumped into other brains" once
more: Whom We arc dead. my dear Gourgaid.
we are altogether dead What 10 a soult
wfcro 10 the soul ~ = sleeper. or Of a mad
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out Were ! Obliged to have a religion. ! would
worship the sun-the source of all life the
real god ~ the earth" The editors OF Gour-
gaud's diary think that Napoleon talked In
this way In a spirit OF opposition TO Gourgaud.
who was a believer. more or less orthodox
Lord Rosehery deems 1t probable that the
Emperor often argued thus 10 bring out the
strength OF the orthodox position. Often.
on the othsr hand. he Is only thinking aloud
In the bitterness Of his heart: M when he SAYS
that he cannot believe in n Just God punish
ing and rewarding, for good peopls are al
wavs unfortunate. and scoundrels are alwar
lucky. Look at Talleyrand; he Il sure to
die In bis bed
What did Napoleon think Of the Fnelishf
Though be sometimes broke out against them.
lie seems 20 have held them in a certain I'M
spoken respect The British nation would
no very incapable Of contendins with US II
we had only their national spirit he said on
one occasion. When he In most bitter. he
quotes Paoli. tho real author OF the phrase.
They are q nation Of shopkkeepes- eone-
times he jibed. not unnsturally. at the nation
which had been his most persistent enemy.
and had accented the invdious charge
OF his custody Once. however. he paid them