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... live in conformity with his nature . The end was the same for all , non- being ; but to live without the consciousness that his memory would endure was , as he put it , to die every day . Nobody wants to die every day . It is better to ...
... live in conformity with his nature . The end was the same for all , non- being ; but to live without the consciousness that his memory would endure was , as he put it , to die every day . Nobody wants to die every day . It is better to ...
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... live and be willing to die . [ After abdicating , April 11 , 1814 ] To kill myself would be a gambler's death . I am condemned to live . Besides , only the dead do not return.2 [ Dictation , 1820 ] Has a man the right to kill himself ...
... live and be willing to die . [ After abdicating , April 11 , 1814 ] To kill myself would be a gambler's death . I am condemned to live . Besides , only the dead do not return.2 [ Dictation , 1820 ] Has a man the right to kill himself ...
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... live without remorse and with my conscience at rest . " Napoleon : Certainly there are people whom I esteem as much and more than him ! It isn't because I esteem him that I de- cided to put him on the throne . If I handed out crowns ...
... live without remorse and with my conscience at rest . " Napoleon : Certainly there are people whom I esteem as much and more than him ! It isn't because I esteem him that I de- cided to put him on the throne . If I handed out crowns ...
Contents
QUESTIONS OF LIFE DESTINY AND GREATNESS | 28 |
THE CONQUEST OF HISTORY | 50 |
XV | 63 |
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