Memoirs of Joseph Fouché, Duke of Otranto, Minister of the General Police of France
The book Memoirs of Joseph Fouché, Duke of Otranto, Minister of the General Police of France was written by author Fouché, Joseph, Duc D'otrante, 1759-1820 Here you can read free online of Memoirs of Joseph Fouché, Duke of Otranto, Minister of the General Police of France book, rate and share your impressions in comments. If you don't know what to write, just answer the question: Why is Memoirs of Joseph Fouché, Duke of Otranto, Minister of the General Police of France a good or bad book?
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But at bottom he began to be annoyed by the gazetteers of London, who constantly repre- sented him as being under the diplomatic tutelage of M. de Talleyrand, and in point of government, under mine ; and as being incapable of moving a single step without us, whose abilities were purposely exaggerated, in order to render us obnoxious and suspected. I tired him myself with repeating incessantly that, when governments are not just, their pros- perity is only transitory ; that in the elevated spher...e where fortune had placed him he ought to quench the hateful passions engendered by a long revolution in the torrents of his renown ; and thus recall the nation to generous and benevolent habits, which are the only real source of public prosperity and happiness. MEMOIRS OF FOUCHi. 137 But how, on emerging from a long-protracted hurricane, could any one expect to find at the head of an immense re- public, transformed into a military dictatorship, a chief at once just, energetic, and moderate ? The heart of Bona- parte was not alien from vengeance and hatred, nor was his mind shut against prejudice ; and it was easy to perceive, through the veil, in which he concealed himself, a decided inclination to tyranny.
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