In relation to science and religion he might repeat word for word his utterances in relation to religion and to faith.

"Napoleon has no desire to change the belief of his populations; he respects spiritual matters; he wishes simply to dominate them without touching them, without meddling with them; all he desires is to make them square with his views, with his policy, but through the influence of temporalities." To this end, he negotiated with the Pope, reconstructed, as he wanted it, the Church of France, appointed bishops, restrained and directed the canonical authorities.

To this end, he settles matters with the literary and scientific authorities, gets them together in a large hall, gives them arm-chairs to sit in, gives by-laws to their groups, a purpose and a rank in the State, in brief, he adopts, remakes, and completes the "National Institute" of France.[6235] IV.

Napoleon's stranglehold on science.
Hold of the government on the members of the Institute .-- How he curbs and keeps them down .-- Circle in which lay power may act .-- Favor and freedom of the mathematical, physical and natural sciences .-- Disfavor and restrictions on the moral sciences .-- Suppression of the class of moral and political sciences .-- They belong to the State, included in the imperial domain of the Emperor .-- Measures against Ideology, philosophic or historic study of Law, Political Economy and Statistics .-- Monopoly of History.
This "National Institute," is the Government's tool and an appendage of the State.

This is in conformity with the traditions of the old monarchy and with the plans, sketched out and decreed by the revolutionary assemblies,[6236] in conformity with the immemorial principle of French law which enlarges the interference of the central power, not only in relation to public instruction but to science, literature and the fine arts.