The Modern Régime, Vol. 1 (Classic Reprint)

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Excerpt from The Modern Régime, Vol. 1 I. Great men 01? The italian renaissance and or the present Tina - Intensity of the passions in Bonaparte. - His impulsive sensi bility. - Violent outbursts - His impatience, readiness, and need of expressing himself. - His temperament, nervous system, and sinking fits. - II. Bonaparte's dominant passion. - His lucid, calculating mind. - Source and power of the Will. - Early evidences of an active, ah sorbing egoisrn.-his education derived from the lessons of things. In Corsica - In France during the Revolution. - In Italy. - In Egypt. - His idea of Society and of Right. - Maturing after the 18th of Brumaire. - His idea of Mam - It conforms to his character. - III. His mastery of the will of others - Degree of submission required by him. - His mode of appreciating others and of profiting by them - Tone of command and of conversation. - IV. His bearing in Society. - His deportment toward women. - His disdain of Politeness. - V. His tone and bearing toward Sovereigns. - His Policy. - His means and ends. - After Sovereigns he sets populations against him - Final opinion of Europe. - VI. Inward principle of his outward deportment. - The State subordinated to him instead of his subordination to the State. Efiects of this - His work merely a life-interest. - It is ephemeral. Injurious. - The number of lives it cost. - The mutilation of France. - Vice of construction in his European edifice - Analogous vice in his. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.