Word: napoleon
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...announcement of the prize offered by Mr. Ropes will be received with pleasure by all students in history. Mr. Ropes has devoted much time to the study of Napoleon's wars, and has recently completed an account of the battle of Waterloo, which is one of the most comprehensive in existence. The name of Mr. Ropes is, in itself, sufficient guarantee to all Harvard men of the worth of any subject which he should recommend, but double interest is lent to this subject form the fact that Mr. Ropes's own labors have been spent upon...
...Lounsbury, Hartford, Conn., "Victor Hugo and Napoleon...
...story with a happy ending, describing the adventures of an eccentric pair of lovers. The second part of "An Embassy to Provence" by Thomas a Janvier is begun in this number. It is a story of Provencal life and is well illustrated by Castaigne. A very interesting article is "Napoleon's Deportation to Elba" by the officer in charge, Admiral Sir Thomas Ussher of the Royal Navy. It is a detailed description of the voyage and is illustrated with portraits of Napoleon and Sir Thomas Ussher. "Jamaica" is written and illustrated by Gilbert Gaul. It is a short account...
...True happiness is not reached by self-service but by self-sacrifice. Success does not consist of so much power or so much wealth. Alexander listened to the tempter's voice and died in a drunken bout at thirty-three. It brought Caesar the assassin's knife, and gave Napoleon St. Helena. Jay Gould died hating the whole world and hated...
...When Napoleon was retreating from Russia, some young men were put into service and ordered to cover up the retreat of the Prussian army. For awhile they held the crossing of a road but their position was exposed. It became impossible to hold it and they met death. Napolean afterwards said that the reason these men did not retreat was because they did not know their danger. These young men were determined. It was God for whom they fought, he gave the commands, for him they would...