The Washington times., 1917-11-01

OO your WanG TO De ike Napoleon In your
of effort?
Remember that Napoleon was first of all giant of in
dustry.
His genius was many-sided but it was primarily, and
said of him:
%HE SAW ONLY THE OBJECT; THE OBSTACLES
is impossible to exaggerate the degree which Ma
poeon possessed and utilized the three great qualities which
he describes essential to In energy in system
and perseverance he literally anscended the ordinary
limits of human ability
ENERGY:-With the possible exception of Caesar no
man could equal Bonaparte in ferocious energy.
"A man of stone and iron, capable of sitting on horse
back See seventeen hours of going mdny days together
WhOu rest food eTcept BY snatches and Oh the speed
and spring of tiger IN action"
Such was Napoleon, physically and mentally
No has exceeded him in energy Look at his face See
the line of the jaw expressive of the back
of the head marvelously developed There in the back
brain is generated the dynamic force. See the wedeve
oped forehead full of imagination admitting no limits to
possible achievement guiding him in his wonderful career
benevoence had been added to this marvellous mental
construction Napoleon would have been the nobles well
the greatest of modern
ST. Helena would be today holy place to humanity, as
Is Mecca to the followers OF Mohammend.
SYsTEM:-As fully developed as energy in the most
energetic history was Napoeon instinct for system
WON HIS hE7 BATTEES sIFER IN HEAD l BEFoRE 59 @
THEM ON THE FIELD"
In 1896 he wrote to the Directory composed Of then
his rulers, but soon to become his subjects:
81 hare conducted the campaign Without consulting
should have done good had been uder the eces
sy of conforming to the notions of another hare
gained advantages superior forces and en totally
destitute of everything, because actions prompt
my thoughts"
The promptness of action marvellous any part
of this marvellous man. He said of himself:
my hand of not at the extremity of it
tOds Immediately connected 1Cth my head.
Literal truths concerning Napoleons systematic brain
utterly unbelievable It fact that he knew the
Der and exact location of every piece of artillery the
Meeting an officer who had gone astray with small body
Of he able to tell that officer what road to take and
with ONE thing to remember had got lost Napoleon with
all the details Of three armies in his brain could guide him
exactly.
PERSEVERANCE:-For an idea of Napoleon's per-
severng character read any intelligent of his life
Courage synonymous with perseverance in many
His courage and perseverance unlimited Before the
battle Of Jena, he said to his soldiers:
"MY LADS, YOU MUST NOT FEAR DEATH; WHEN
THE ENEMYS RANKS"
He not -reckessness stupid But with an
object in view he spared himself In Italy he
several times near destruction At Arcola he thrown
into marsh up waist separated from his own troops
by the Ausans and only escaped through desperate efforts
ENERGY, SYSTEM, PERSEVERANCE" even ONE
Of those attributes may insure moderate success But the
man of great success requires them all
Darwin, Keppler Calico Newton, George Washington
all possessing the three qualities The history
the world is filled with dismal failures and with semisuc
in which two Of the three great qualities have
figured
Samuel Johnson is famous in the worlds history But
he is famous because he had to help him the faithful shadow
Boswell whose SYSTEM and PERSEVERANCE perpetu-
ated Johnsons marvellous mental energy This energy
shown when in few hours Johnson wrote Rasselas to
pay for his mothers funeral The sad lack of SYSTEM and
PERSEVERANCE, which prevented his being truly great
shown in his failure to produce the dictionary until
shamed into it by those who paid him for copies in
advance.
Poor patient clerks ploddng in all directions reveal
the fate of who possesses system and with
out energy.
The sad thing is that in the average mortal of these
qualities highly developed to crowd the others
af
take for granted that he will lack perseverance or system
Mirabeau lacked both.
The qualities which you possess naturally, you need not
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