. A life of Napoleon Boneparte:. m his freelife to an environment foreign in its language, artificial inits etiquette, and severe in its regulations. It was as a dependent, a species of charity pupil, that hewent into this new atmosphere. Charles Bonaparte had be-come, in the nine years since he had abandoned the cause ofPaoli, a thorough parasite. Like all the poor nobility of thecountry to which he had attached himself, and even likemany of the rich in that day, he begged favors of every de-scription from the government in return for his aid in securing them, he humbled himself be
. A life of Napoleon Boneparte:. m his freelife to an environment foreign in its language, artificial inits etiquette, and severe in its regulations. It was as a dependent, a species of charity pupil, that hewent into this new atmosphere. Charles Bonaparte had be-come, in the nine years since he had abandoned the cause ofPaoli, a thorough parasite. Like all the poor nobility of thecountry to which he had attached himself, and even likemany of the rich in that day, he begged favors of every de-scription from the government in return for his aid in securing them, he humbled himself before theFrench Governor-General of Corsica, the Count de Mar-bceuf, and made frequent trips, which he could ill afiford,back and forth to Versailles. The free education of hischildren, a good office with its salary and honors, the main-tenance of his claims against the Jesuits, were among thefavors which he sought. By dint of solicitation he had secured a place among thefree pupils of the college at Autun for his son Joseph, the. LAETITIA RAMOLINO, NAPOLEONS MOTHER, CORN 1750, DIED 1836. NAPOLEONS YOUTH 21 oldest of the family, and one for Napoleon at the militaryschool at Brienne. To enter the school at Brienne, it was necessary to be ableto read and write French, and to pass a preliminary exam-ination in that language. This young Napoleon could notdo; indeed, he could scarcely have done as much in hisnative Italian. A preparatory school was necessary, then,for a time. The place settled on was Autun, where Josephwas to enter college, and there in January, 1779, CharlesBonaparte arrived with the two boys. Napoleon was nine and a half years old when he enteredthe school at Autun. He remained three months, and inthat time made sufficient progress to fulfil the requirementsat Brienne. The principal record of the boys conduct atAutun comes from Abbe Chardon, who was at the head ofthe primary department. He says of his pupil: Napoleon brought to Autun a sombre, thoughtful character.
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