When the First Consul contemplated the building of the Pont des Arts we had a long conversation on the subject. I observed that it would be much better to build the bridge of stone. "The first object of monuments of this kind," said I, "is public utility. They require solidity of appearance, and their principal merit is duration. I cannot conceive, General, why, in a country where there is abundance of fine stone of every quality, the use of iron should be preferred."
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When a new Government rises on the ruins of one that has been overthrown, its best chance of conciliating the favour of the nation, if that nation be at war, is to hold out the prospect of peace; for peace is always dear to a people. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
First Consul, Madame Bonaparte, Council of State, Consular Government, Napper Tandy, Chief of the Government, Cisalpine Republic, King of Prussia, Minister of War, Senate of Hamburg, Consular Guard, French Government, General Mack, Minister of the Interior, Palace of the Government, Pavilion of Flora, Emperor Francis, Prefect of Police, Third Consul New!
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When a new Government rises on the ruins of one that has been overthrown, its best chance of conciliating the favour of the nation, if that nation be at war, is to hold out the prospect of peace; for peace is always dear to a people. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
First Consul, Madame Bonaparte, Council of State, Consular Government, Napper Tandy, Chief of the Government, Cisalpine Republic, King of Prussia, Minister of War, Senate of Hamburg, Consular Guard, French Government, General Mack, Minister of the Interior, Palace of the Government, Pavilion of Flora, Emperor Francis, Prefect of Police, Third Consul New!
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- Memoirs of Napoleon V1 by An Louis Antoine Fauvelet de Bourrienne in Front Matter, and page 1
- Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, V1 & V2 by Fauvelet de Bourrienne on page 1
- Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte, Volume I by Bourrienne on page 1
- Memoirs of Napoleon Bonaparte (v. III) by Constant Bourrienne on page 1
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