The Washington times., 1917-11-14
The Wisdom of
NapOleOn-No. 10
ERSITY WAS WANTING TO MY CAREER" !"
He Understood the Uses of Adversely.

O 'ADHEhSIT1 WAS WANTING To MY CAREEh.-
NAPOLEON.
The steep rocks and lonely of st. Helena force the
Gagged warrior to study and critcise himself
He drives his patheticaly grotesqus hand"
along the crooked roads of the desolae island and studies
the cause of his own failure.
Petuan lloyal friends surround him nervous semi
hysterical English officials watch him Europe breads
him.
On the throne of France miserable imitation king sits
watching far-of St. Helena a tmid fowl watches the
hawL above.
Napoleon comes back to his miserable tworoom abode
the gift of England He sits himself down the little
soa where long hours spent daily and studies book
Of Statistics of the year books Of the French empire
He talks to childish General Gourgaud tired hunter
at the end OF the long chase talks to his hound Hear his
at was fine empire ruled eighty three millions Of
human than half the population Of Europe"
GOurgaud as is usual with him, weeps and wants to
murder English ofca-or at the very least to t
seriously with English officials wife. BE must have
revenge.
Napoleon only huns tune as he turns over the leaves
that tell OF his stupendous career His are the deep emo
"After ALL says he ''what romance my life has
been" and walks out Of the room.
But this extraordinary let's pass hour without
emphasizing his strange insight into e-its checks and
mainsprings
BE looks vacantly into the aimless face of Gogaud
ADVERSELY WAS WANTING TO MY CAREER" I"
That is the essence Of the NapOleonic wisdom
tory to victoyrOm the cOnsushp dominated by popular
camor to the imperial throne whsnca he threatened the
world and controlled the greater part of it.
But Napoleon's brain knew what lacking to Ma
poleon. And that short sentence told the tale:
! "ADVERSITY WAS WANTING TO MY CAREER"
Let the young man who rebels against his hard luck
digest carefully these words Of earhs most phenomenal
success, and most tragic failure.
Remember that the good steeplechaser must have his
falls
The young Indian brave must be torn by thorns In his
preliminary trial warrior. The young bird must fall
M learning to fly Much Of sarh greatness rooted ad
'versity.
Among the great Of the earth long lists Of the blind
the halt the deformed Homer Milton, Beethoven, Byron
Pope Epictetus, Aesop-adversity was NOT wanting to
these mems careers.
That which interferes with mental complacency forces
And doubt Of self is always the foundation Of nobler effort
The greatest ''WILL" that earth has produced was
the will Of Napoleon The greatest executive, combatant
genius in authentic history is that Of Napoleon.
At the end of his his genius Gagged forever by
the dull persistent podding of the British he studies him.
self, and tells his story
"ADVERsITY WAS WANTING TO MY CAREER"
you saw skyrocket for the first time you would
envy its destiny and plendor Up toward mtess space
sails All mouths open all eyes watch it. The hnal
ploson comes the sparks scattered there b one last
blaze Of glory. DOWN COMES THE STIOK and there
ends the career to which "adversity Is wanting"
Napoleon's stick down and landed on st. Helena
For every and and growing boy, he
preached solemn sermon in those six words:
"ADVERSITY WAS WANTING TO MY CAREER" :"