Democratic Sentinel, Volume 11, Number 38, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 14 October 1887 — The Power of Napoleon. [ARTICLE]

The Power of Napoleon.

In 1815 Vandamme said to Marshal Soult one day as they were ascending together the steps of the Tuileries: “My dear friend, that devil of a man (referring to the Emperor) exercises a fascination over me that I am unable to account for. It influences mo to that degree that I, who fear neither God nor devil, am ready to tremble like a child when he approaches. He could make me pass through the eye of a needle, or cast myself in the fire for him.” — Cosmopolitan.