Word: napoleonism
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...Lewis '08 opened the debate for the affirmative by describing the history of Napoleon's concordat with the Pope from its adoption to the present day. Almost from the beginning it was realized that a fracture was the inevitable result of such a system; while the steady growth of the functions of the State, and the decline of the temporal power of the Church made the existing relations between the two absolutely incompatible. A. C. Lurie '09 continued the argument, showing how the Separation Act of 1905, planned to meet the necessity made clear in the first speech, was entirely...
...speaking of vocation, he said that a man who has gained this sense must guard against letting it separate him from the crowd: his first duty must be to show other men that they too have a call. That great failure in leadership, Napoleon Bonaparte, had the fault that he saw only his own star of destiny, and there came a time when other men failed to see that star. Men of vocation, to use their power must fit in with other men of vocation. The alliance of Wash- ington and Hamilton: of Lincoln with the members of his cabinet...
...week preceding the Christmas recess the Deutscher Verein will hold a celebration to commemorate the one-hundredth anniversary of the delivery of Fichte's speeches to the German people. These speeches were largely instrumental in rousing the Germans against Napoleon, who, in consequence, soon lost his hold over continental Europe...
...Charles Napoleon Moore...
...Romero, a graduate of the University of Madrid, and a member of the Spanish bar, will give a reading this evening, under the auspices of the Sociedad Espanola, from "'Las Botas de Napoleon' y 'Cinco Arogoneses,'" in the Fogg Lecture Room at 8 o'clock. After the reading, Mr. Romero will discuss the books in English...