The Washington times., 1917-10-15
The Wisdom of
Napoleon-No.s No.s
This Time It Is Lacking.

II made my generals out of mud. Napoleon.
Various friends and critics have assured that these
Napoleon editorials will interest many We that
they are interesting, and for this reason:
The world is full of who imagine that they like
Napoleon rather that Napoleon like them Emerson
said of Napoleon:
IF Napoleon France, Napoleon Europe, is because the
people whom he swdys are little NapoleoHs
This American nation is perhaps fuller than any other of
afflicted with the Napoeonic microbe Enter insane
asylum and you viii find fewer than half dozen proud
maniacs who think themselves Napoleon.
Enter almost any business office other place where
has succeeded and you will often discover
that that is interested in anything you may say about
Napoleon More less secretly he believes himself to be
Napoleon in the bud
Of the men who are kind enough to read these editorials
Napoleon there are nquestonably working majority
who think that Napoleon has much in with them
Therefore shall protract the series They of
reading.
The lamented Mr. Swedenborg believed that every In
divdusl thing is made up of mass Of little things just like
it. he thought that the kidneys made Of millions of
small Kidneys the lungs of millions of little lungs and
Every organ he thought made of homogeneous particles
There may be millions Of these little Napoeons drifting
about among but it only in while that enough
Of them get together in being to produce the real article
The tone of this Introduction being SO pessimistic we
may as well quote you today from Napoleons pessmsc
views
While the revolution was working out its destiny Napo
leon with his hands in his pockets walked around the Paris
Streets full of contempt.
he wrote to his mother that with few wetrained SOL
drs he could have wiped out the whole revolutionary rab
b Possibly he could done So More probably he could
not.
is thing take charge of tired revolution and
make yourself emperor is quite another to the
revolutionary fever at its height
After the republican idea had succeeded Napoleon was
outwardy enthusiast cheering with the multitude But
he despsed the about him he knew them too well and
judged them by their weak and by their good side Said
he to an old friend:
"Msu deserve the contempt Nth which they inspire have
only to pHt gold lace the of puous republicans
they Immediately become just what wish them"
Napoleon also said Of the who fought and died
him:
% made my generals of mud"
Like many who succeed Napoleon possessed bountifu
supply Of scon for the less successful Looking his own
heart and seeing much that evil he studied to discover
weaknesses in Others and discovered them with delight
You will find that pays look the good side of
human beings to devote your attention their virtues It
would have paid Napoleon had he taken less delight in dis
covering that his generals made of mud and that little
gold lace will sometimes make monkey Of good vrtuous
republican.
he had tried build up powerful friends COURAGEOUS
enough to advise and ccise him. he might died at the
Palace OF the Tuileries, and not at St. Helena
When it little too late he discovered that even
Napoleon occasionally needs help from another man. and
that we all made Of mud he word ADAM by the way
meaning red man or red earth. The Bible was
made Of dust The Koran says he made of dry clay
The Chadeans taught that made of dust mixed with
the blood of Bel, their chief god)
It is not wise underrate the Importance of your mud
fellows Napoleon made his gigantic mistake and full of
his imperial Asiatc dream, invaded Russia to get his first
great beating from General Nature He found that even
Napoleon was not ALL SUFFICIENT to Napoleon. Said
he:
have hundred millions my Golfers give them
all for Ney!"
Ny was one Of the whom he had previously spoken
Of made Of mud he found that in Russia had to fight
instead Of Muscovite general fire Moscow and freezing
weather elsewhere.
Don't despise other men; you will need them to help
you fight fire cold You will need day that kind of
help which can be got only through kindness sympathy
nnft threat huiv