[The History of Napoleon Buonaparte by John Gibson Lockhart]@TWC D-Link bookThe History of Napoleon Buonaparte CHAPTER XVII 14/38
You must bribe them with glory, distinctions, rewards.
To come to the point: during ten years there has been a talk of institutions.
Where are they? All has been overturned: our business is to build up.
There is a government with certain powers: as to all the rest of the nation what is it but grains of sand? Before the Republic can be definitely established, we must, as a foundation, cast some blocks of granite on the soil of France.
In fine, it is agreed that we have need of some kind of institutions.
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