Excerpt from History of Napoleon, Vol. 1 of 2 Of all these mighty conquerers, Napoleon stands second to none. If Alexander carried with him the age of Pericles, and Caesar that of Augustus, if they were accompanied, the one and the other in their triumphs, by the genius of Homer and of Sophocles, of Plato and Aristotle, of Virgil and Horace; Napoleon carried with him an age that the arts, sciences and philosophy have rendered equally illustrious; and his enter prize is no less than that of his predecessors. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.