Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 37, Number 17, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 3 March 1905 — Napoleon’s Idea of Journalist. [ARTICLE]

Napoleon’s Idea of Journalist.

The worst recommendation that any •man could have in Napoleon’s eyes was to be a newspaper writer. Shortly after the 18th Brumalre, Table de I’Arade, who was always a favorite with the Emperor, solicited an appointment for one,of his acquaintances. “What has he done?” asked Napoleon. “He has been a journalist, a censurer, a giver of advice, a regent of sovereigns, a tutor of nations. The Bicetre is the fittest place for people of that stamp.” Suppose Napoleon Lived to-day, with his every thought anticipated in the newspapers! Some good newspaper advice might have saved him in the Russian campaign and' later at Waterloo.—New York Press.