. A life of Napoleon Boneparte:. apoleons grati-tude to Monsieur Gaudin was lasting. Once when asked tochange him for a more brilliant man, he said: I fully acknowledge all your protege is worth; but itmight easily happen that, with all his intelligence, he wouldgive me nothing but fresh water, whilst with my goodGaudin I can always rely on having good crown pieces. The famous Bank of France dates from this time. Itwas founded under Napoleons personal direction, and henever ceased to watch over it jealously. Most important of all the financial measures was the re-organization of the system of
. A life of Napoleon Boneparte:. apoleons grati-tude to Monsieur Gaudin was lasting. Once when asked tochange him for a more brilliant man, he said: I fully acknowledge all your protege is worth; but itmight easily happen that, with all his intelligence, he wouldgive me nothing but fresh water, whilst with my goodGaudin I can always rely on having good crown pieces. The famous Bank of France dates from this time. Itwas founded under Napoleons personal direction, and henever ceased to watch over it jealously. Most important of all the financial measures was the re-organization of the system of taxation. The First Consulinsisted that the taxes must meet the whole expense of thenation, save war, which must pay for itself; and he soordered affairs that never, after his administration was fairlybegun, was a deficit known or a loan made. This was done,too, without the people feeling the burden of taxation. In-deed, that burden was so much lighter under his administra-tion that it had been under the old regime, that peasant. BUONAPARTE. Fiesinger, engraver, after Guerin. Published 29 Vendemiaire, Ian VII.(i799)- It is of this portrait that Taine writes: Look now at this portraitby Guerin, this lean body, these narrow shoulders in their uniform creased bvhis brusque motions, this neck enveloped in a high wrinkled cravat, thesetemples concealed by long hair falling straight over them, nothing to be seenbut the face; these hard features made prominent by strong contrasts oflight and shade; these cheeks as hollow as the interior angle of the eye; theseprominent cheek-bones; this massive protruding chin; these curving, mobile,attentive lips; these great, clear eyes deeply set under the overarching eye-brows; this fixed, incomprehensible look, sharp as a sword; these two straightwrinkles which cross the forehead from the base of the nose like a furrowof continual anger and inflexible will. 108 NAPOLEON AS A STATESMAN 109 and workman, in most cases, probably did not know theywere
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