. A life of Napoleon Boneparte:. owed with a good genius. He called Lodi the birthplace of his faith. Ven-demiaire and even Montenotte did not make me believe my-self a superior man. It was only after Lodi that it cameinto my head that I could become a decisive actor on ourpolitical field. Then was born the first spark of high ambi-tion. Trained in a religion full of mysticism, taught to believein signs, guided by a star, there is a tinge of superstitionthroughout his active, practical, hardworking life. Mar-mont tells that one day while in Italy the glass over the por-trait of his wife, which
. A life of Napoleon Boneparte:. owed with a good genius. He called Lodi the birthplace of his faith. Ven-demiaire and even Montenotte did not make me believe my-self a superior man. It was only after Lodi that it cameinto my head that I could become a decisive actor on ourpolitical field. Then was born the first spark of high ambi-tion. Trained in a religion full of mysticism, taught to believein signs, guided by a star, there is a tinge of superstitionthroughout his active, practical, hardworking life. Mar-mont tells that one day while in Italy the glass over the por-trait of his wife, which he always wore, was broken. He turned frightfully pale, and the impression uponhim was most sorrowful. Marmont, he said, * my wifeis very ill or she is unfaithful. There are many similaranecdotes to show his dependence upon and confidence inomens. In a campaign of such achievements as that in Italy thereseems to be no time for love, and yet love was never moreimperative, more absorbing, in Napoleons life than duringthis NAPOLEONE BUONAPARTE. Engraved by Henry Richter from the celebratedbust by Ceracchi, lately brought from Paris and nowin his possession. Published June i, 1801, by , No. 26 Newman Street, Oxford Street. Thisbust was made in the Italian campaign by Ceracchi,a Corsican working in Rome. Ceracchi left Rome in1799 to escape punishment for taking part in an in-surrection in the city, and went to Paris, where hehoped to receive aid from the First Consul. He madethe busts of several generals—Berthier, Massena, andBernadotte—but as orders did not multiply, and Na-poleon did nothing for him, he became incensedagainst him, and took part in a plot to assassinatethe First Consul at the opera, the 18th Brumaire,1801. Arrested on his way to the logc in the opera,he was executed soon after. 84 THE FIRST ITALIAN CAMPAIGN 85 Oh, my adorable wife, he wrote Josephine in April, I do notknow what fate awaits me, but if it keeps me longer from you, Ishall not be
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