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Napoleon I
Emperor of the French

1769 - 1821

The most dangerous moment comes with victory.
—Napoleon Bonaparte

Napoleon Bonaparte was born on August 15, 1769 in Ajaccio on the Mediterranean island of Corsica. Through his military exploits and his ruthless efficiency, Napoleon rose from obscurity to become Napoleon I, Empereur des Francais (Emperor of the French). He is both a historical figure and a legend—and it is sometimes difficult to separate the two. The events of his life fired the imaginations of great writers, film makers, and playwrights whose works have done much to create the Napoleonic legend.

Napoleon decided on a military career when he was a child, winning a scholarship to a French military academy. His meteoric rise shocked not only France but all of Europe, and his military conquests threatened the stability of the world.

Napoleon was one of the greatest military commanders in history. He has also been portrayed as a power hungry conqueror. Napoleon denied being such a conqueror. He argued that he was building a federation of free peoples in a Europe united under a liberal government. But if this was his goal, he intended to achieve it by taking power in his own hands. However, in the states he created, Napoleon granted constitutions, introduced law codes, abolished feudalism, created efficient governments and fostered education, science, literature and the arts.

Emperor Napoleon proved to be an excellent civil administrator. One of his greatest achievements was his supervision of the revision and collection of French law into codes. The new law codes—seven in number—incorporated some of the freedoms gained by the people of France during the French revolution, including religious toleration and the abolition of serfdom. The most famous of the codes, the Code Napoleon or Code Civil, still forms the basis of French civil law. Napoleon also centralized France's government by appointing prefects to administer regions called departments, into which France was divided.

Napoleon's own opinion of his career is best stated in the following quotation:

I closed the gulf of anarchy and brought order out of chaos. I rewarded merit regardless of birth or wealth, wherever I found it. I abolished feudalism and restored equality to all regardless of religion and before the law. I fought the decrepit monarchies of the Old Regime because the alternative was the destruction of all this. I purified the Revolution.

The widespread notion of Napoleon's shortness lies in the inaccurate translation of old French feet ("pieds de roi") to English. The French measure of five foot two (5' 2"), recorded at his autopsy, actually translates into five feet six and one half inches (5' 6.5") in English measure, which was about the average height of the Frenchman of his day. It is also probable that the men of his Imperial Guard, with whom he "hung out," were very tall, creating the illusion that Napoleon was short.

Life is full of drama.

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发表于 2004-7-16 15:42:29 |只看该作者

拿破仑的N条名言
http://www.quotationspage.com/quotes/Napoleon_Bonaparte/

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

History is the version of past events that people have decided to agree upon.

Never interrupt your enemy when he is making a mistake.

Take time to deliberate, but when the time for action has arrived, stop thinking and go in.

The best way to keep one's word is not to give it.

Victory belongs to the most persevering.

Medicine is a collection of uncertain prescriptions the results of which, taken collectively, are more fatal than useful to mankind.

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

Ability is of little account without opportunity.

Chief of the Army.
Napoleon Bonaparte (1769 - 1821), last words, 1821

Glory is fleeting, but obscurity is forever.

What a beautiful fix we are in now; peace has been declared.

History is a set of lies agreed upon.

In politics, absurdity is not a handicap.

Death is nothing, but to live defeated and inglorious is to die daily.

Religion is what keeps the poor from murdering the rich.

Men will fight long and hard for a bit of colored ribbon.

Life is full of drama.

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发表于 2004-7-16 15:46:20 |只看该作者

讲Napoleon的.
顶一个!

苏轼的<贾谊论>中的几句一向是我的最爱,与诸君共勉之:

" 夫君子之所取者远，则必有所待；所就者大，则必有所忍."

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发表于 2004-7-16 16:11:41 |只看该作者

谢谢～

+++u

Smooth runs the water where the brook is deep.

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发表于 2004-7-16 16:32:34 |只看该作者

辛苦！

3楼的头像是他吧？！

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发表于 2004-7-16 17:02:05 |只看该作者

不是Napoleon

是达武，Napoleon之悍将

最初由 pooh 发布

3楼的头像是他吧？！ [/B]

苏轼的<贾谊论>中的几句一向是我的最爱,与诸君共勉之:

" 夫君子之所取者远，则必有所待；所就者大，则必有所忍."

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来点中文的

在西方的历史上没有哪个人象拿破仑这样如此长久获得的赞誉。他以个人非凡的努力，从普通的科西嘉岛民，成为法兰西人的皇帝，叱咤欧洲二十余年。他所建立的荣耀使得法兰西人在欧洲赢得前所未有的尊敬。
　　革命使得拿破仑登上了历史的舞台，而他以自己的方式使得革命扩展到整个欧洲，将欧洲人从沉睡中唤醒，他更是以法律的形式使得法国大革命的成就得以保存，而这部法典至今仍是大多数国家法律的蓝本。
　　战场上的拿破仑更是所向披靡。在长达二十年的拿破仑战争中，欧洲历史上所有的军事强国都一一败在拿破仑手中。虽然最后拿破仑的失败与他的崛起同样是因为战争的胜负，但是，他仍不愧是欧洲第一名将。因为打败他的不是别人，恰恰是他自己和他所创建的战争方法。

　他被人们称为一代“军事巨人”。拿破仑戎马一生，亲自指挥过的战役约计60次，比历史上著名的军事统帅亚历山大、汉尼拔和恺撒指挥的战役总和还要多。但是，他从事的战争，多半是出于政治需要。在圣赫勒那这块死火山的岩石上，拿破仑发出呼吁，吁求欧洲各国团结统一，同时发出公告，要求各民族之间相互谅解，以促进自由博爱，文明，才智和贸易。

　　他这样总结自己的成就：“我的英名并非建立在四十次胜利的战上，也不是由于我使得万邦臣服。滑铁卢战役就足以抹煞对那么多胜利的回忆；最后的一幕往往令人忘却第一幕呀。永不湮没的是我的法典和参政院的会议纪录，我与大臣们的通讯……由于条文简明扼要，我的法典远比以往任何法典更可行、更有效。我所设立的学校，我所采用的教育方法在培育着新一代的人才，在我执政期间，犯罪率减少；而英国的犯罪却很猖獗…… 因此可见，拿破仑不仅是个军事巨人，他更是一位卓越的政治家。他善于分析人性；他有了错误从不讳言；他洞察谄媚者的欺骗；他崇尚道德；他尊重知识，爱护、保护人才……
　　他的政治才华影响了世人的命运，使共和国新而简朴的思想传遍全球！这颗为自信、精力和想象所推动的流星，发光并燃烧自己，照地球，填平了无政府主义的深坑，结束了动荡与混乱，清除了革命的污秽，使得各国人民自尊且高尚，使得各国社会稳定，鼓励一切有才华的人，扩大了声誉和荣耀的范畴…… 正如他所说‘每个未来的历史学家都应该给他应有的地位'。英国历史学家罗斯也不得不承认‘拿破仑在治理国家、焕发人民才智、运用战争艺术等方面完全是超群绝伦、伟大之极。没有伟大的人物出现的民族，是世界上最可怜的生物之群；有了伟大的人物，而不知拥护、爱戴、崇仰的国家是没有希望的奴隶之邦！拿破仑不信奉任何宗教，一生中不相信什么显灵奇迹！他把自己的一切成就，归之于人类健全的理解力、勇敢、组合能力、理解人的心理与想象力！在今天，人们更加重视人的能力而不是他的出身的时代，锦绣前程又展现在才能卓越者面前。热血青年难道不应当以拿破仑为榜样和借鉴开创属于自己的事业吗？

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