Word: napoleon
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Dates: during 1910-1919
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...Wendell's library includes many valuable collections besides the dramatic material. He formed special collections of Lincolnia, New York historical material, and matter pertaining to Napoleon. His library is considered by his executor and friend, Mr. John Anderson, Jr., to be one of the most unique and extensive private collections extant...
...comparable treaty in modern times. Treaties with which comparison is suggested are those of Westphalia, signed in 1648 after seven years deliberation, those of Utrecht signed in 1713, eighteen months after the preliminaries, and that of Vienna signed June 9, 1815, fourteen months after the first capitulation of Napoleon but while the opposing forces were gathering for the final struggle at Waterloo...
...have lost a great American citizen. Theodore Roosevelt possessed a spirit unique among men. His spirit is essentially that which imbued Napoleon. He possessed courage which never flinched, an energy that knew no bounds and which in itself inspired all who felt it, and he was a patriot whose loyalty to his land his critics never ventured to assail. His fall sends a shudder through the world. A beacon light has gone out. A towering oak, a landmark age-old has fallen. Yale bows its head in silent tribute to this great American. YALE NEWS...
...Napoleon".--Byron...
...civilization will be scored against a German effort at conquest and the lesson taught that in the twentieth century wars for conquest planned, timed and inaugurated for the aggrandizement of emperors or empires do not pay as they often did between the periods of Alexander the Great and Napoleon; the lesson that civilization virtually is a union of righteousness dominated by the principles of justice, humanity and freedom, and that upon these principles, and against the ruthless tenets and savage practices of the imperialism of ancient times and of the Middle Ages nations which are civilized can agree, and will...