. A life of Napoleon Boneparte:. on in France, and obtained as goodand as cheap as the indigo from the colonies; numerousmanufactories for all kinds of objects of art, etc.; fifty mil-lions expended in repairing and beautifying the palaces be-longing to the Crown; sixty millions in furniture for thepalaces belonging to the Crown in France, in Holland, atTurin, and at Rome; sixty millions of diamonds for theCrown, all purchased with Napoleons money; the Regent(the only diamond that was left belonging to the formerdiamonds of the Crown) withdrawn from the hands of theJews at Berlin, in whose han
. A life of Napoleon Boneparte:. on in France, and obtained as goodand as cheap as the indigo from the colonies; numerousmanufactories for all kinds of objects of art, etc.; fifty mil-lions expended in repairing and beautifying the palaces be-longing to the Crown; sixty millions in furniture for thepalaces belonging to the Crown in France, in Holland, atTurin, and at Rome; sixty millions of diamonds for theCrown, all purchased with Napoleons money; the Regent(the only diamond that was left belonging to the formerdiamonds of the Crown) withdrawn from the hands of theJews at Berlin, in whose hands it had been left as a pledgefor three millions. The Napoleon Museum, valued at up-wards of four hundred millions, filled with objects legiti-mately acquired, either by moneys or by treaties of peaceknown to the whole world, by virtue of which the chefs-doeuvres, it contains were given in lieu of territory or ofcontributions. Several millions amassed to be applied to theencouragement of agriculture, which is the paramount con-. MEDALLION OF BONAPARTE The following inscription, written in French, by Dutertre, theofficial painter of the principal personages in the Egyptian ex-pedition, appears on the reverse side of this medallion, whichframes one of the mqst precious gems of Napoleonic iconogra-phy. I, Dutertre, made this drawing of the general-in-chieffrom nature, on board the vessel LOrient, during the crossingof the expedition to Egypt in the year VII. (sic) of the Repub-lic. A short time ago the drawing came into the possessionof the Versailles Museum. ii6 NAPOLEON AS A STATESMAN 117 sideration for the interest of France; the introduction intoFrance of merino sheep, etc. These form a treasure ofseveral thousand milHons which will endure for ages. Napoleon himself looked on these achievements as hismost enduring monument. The allied powers cannottake from me hereafter, he told OMeara, the greatpublic works I have executed, the roads which I made overthe Alps, and the seas w
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