(10) Among the latest of these was Napoleon "the Great," a man of
abounding energy, but destitute of principle. He had the lowest
opinion of his fellowmen. "Men are hogs, who feed on gold," he
once said: "Well, I throw them gold, and lead them whithersoever I
will." When the Abbe de Pradt, Archbishop of Malines, was setting
out on his embassy to Poland in 1812, Napoleon's parting
instruction to him was, "Tenez bonne table et soignez les femmes,"
--of which Benjamin Constant said that such an observation,
addressed to a feeble priest of sixty, shows Buonaparte's profound
contempt for the human race, without distinction of nation or sex.

(11) Condensed from Sir Thomas Overbury's 'Characters' (1614).

(12) 'History of the Peninsular War,' v. 319.--Napier mentions
another striking illustration of the influence of personal
qualities in young Edward Freer, of the same regiment (the 43rd),
who, when he fell at the age of nineteen, at the Battle of the
Nivelle, had already seen more combats and sieges than he could
count years. "So slight in person, and of such surpassing beauty,
that the Spaniards often thought him a girl disguised in man's
clothing, he was yet so vigorous, so active, so brave, that the
most daring and experienced veterans watched his looks on the
field of battle, and, implicitly following where he led, would,
like children, obey his slightest sign in the most difficult
situations."

(13) When the dissolution of the Union at one time seemed
imminent, and Washington wished to retire into private life,
Jefferson wrote to him, urging his continuance in office. "The
confidence of the whole Union," he said, "centres in you. Your