. A life of Napoleon Boneparte:. our kingdom, than upon the result of the greatestvictories. Your people ought to enjoy a liberty, an equality, a well-being, unknown to the German peoples. . What people wouldwish to return to the arbitrary government of Prussia, when it hastasted the benefits of a wise and liberal administration? The peoples ofGermany, France, Italy, Spain, desire equality, and demand that liberalideas should prevail. ... Be a constitutional king. Louis in Holland was never a king to Napoleons especially disliked his quarrels with his wife. In 1807Napoleon wrote Louis
. A life of Napoleon Boneparte:. our kingdom, than upon the result of the greatestvictories. Your people ought to enjoy a liberty, an equality, a well-being, unknown to the German peoples. . What people wouldwish to return to the arbitrary government of Prussia, when it hastasted the benefits of a wise and liberal administration? The peoples ofGermany, France, Italy, Spain, desire equality, and demand that liberalideas should prevail. ... Be a constitutional king. Louis in Holland was never a king to Napoleons especially disliked his quarrels with his wife. In 1807Napoleon wrote Louis, apropos of his domestic relations, aletter which is a good example of scores of others he sentto one and another of his kings and princes about their pri-vate affairs. You govern that country too much like a Capuchin. The goodnessof a king should be full of majesty. ... A king orders, and asksnothing from any one. . When people say of a king that he isgood, his reign is a failure. . Your quarrels with the queen are. MARIE PAULINE BONAPARTE, PRINCESS BORGHESE. This graceful portrait of the most beautiful of Napoleons sisters, is fromthe brush of Madame Benoit, and belongs to the Versailles collection. 184 EXTENSION OF NAPOLEONS EMPIRE 185 known to the public. You should exhibit at home that paternal and ef-feminate character you show in your manner of governing. . Youtreat a young wife as you would command a regiment. Distrust thepeople by whom you are surrounded; they are nobles. . You havethe best and most virtuous of wives, and you render her miserable. Al-low her to dance as much as she likes; it is in keeping with her have a wife who is forty years of age; from the field of battle Iwrite to her to go to balls, and you wish a young woman of twentyto live in a cloister, or, like a nurse, to be always herchildren. . Render the mother of your children happy. Youhave only one way of doing so, by showing her esteem and you have a wife who
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