Word: napoleon
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Dates: during 1890-1899
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...Then very likely the probable death of your grandmother will prevent your accepting the invitation. If you find you have something to say pick out the most important points and decide how many minutes you intend to give each. Above all do not permit yourself to change your plan. - Napoleon said "if you set out to take Vienna take Vienna." Make up your mind what you are going to say and say it. The same advice applies to speech-making as to letter writing when one is told to let one's correspondent wish there were more. It might...
...most serious undertaking of the evening was the Symphony No. 3, "Eroica." This great work was composed in the first decade of the present century and the first two movements were inspired by the deeds of the hero Napoleon. The second movement which Beethoven called "Marcia funebre" commemorated the death of Napoleon. In the last two movements the composer seems to have lost sight of his one hero and to have brought out the ideas of heroism in the abstract. Writers on the subject however do not agree as to just what qualities these ideas are meant to express...
Globe - A Tin Napoleon...
Globe - A Tin Napoleon...
Globe - A Tin Napoleon...