Napoleon on Deathbed by Jean Baptiste Mauzaisse 1843[/caption]"Napoleon, who regarded modern ideas, and by immediate implication civilization itself, as something of a personal enemy, has proved to be one of the greatest successors to the Renaissance: he has unearthed an entire portion of the ancient character. The decisive one perhaps, the portion made of granite. And who knows whether this portion of ancient character will not in the end gain ascendancy again over the national movement, and will thus have to make itself the heir and successor to Napoleon in a positive sense."
Friedrich Nietzsche from the Joyous Science
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