Today's installment concludes Napoleon's First Campaign,our selection from Life of Napoleon Bonaparte by Sir Walter Scott published in 1839. For
Napoleon Advances to the Piedmont Capital
Napoleon in the mean time fixed his head-quarters at Ceva, and enjoyed from the heights of Montezemoto the splendid view of the fertile fields of
Napoleon’s First Victory
Such was the Battle of Monte Notte, the first of Bonaparte's victories; eminently displaying the truth and mathematical certainty of combination,
Napoleon Plans to Invade Italy
"Soldiers, you are hungry and naked; the Republic owes you much, but she has not the means to acquit herself of her debts."Continuing Napoleon's
Confucius’ Last Years
". . . In serving Confucius, I am like a thirsty man, who goes with his pitcher to the river and there drinks his fill, without knowing the river's
“I Am Unknown.”
He was now sixty-nine years of age, and if a man is to be considered successful only when he succeeds in realizing the dream of his life, he must be
Confucius Retires From Public Affairs
This chief, who called himself the duke Chuh, being conscious how much his cause would be strengthened by the support of Confucius, sent Tsze-loo to
War and Change in China
But whatever may have been the opinion of Tsze-loo, Confucius was quite ready to be on friendly terms with the duke, who seems to have had no keener
Livingstone Up the Zambisi
One small tin canister, about fifteen inches square, was filled with spare shirts, trousers, and shoes, to be used when we reached civilized