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Napoleon affords us an example of the danger of elevating one's self to the absolute, and sacrificing everything to the carrying out of an idea.
-Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
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Napoleon Affords Us An Example Of The

Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe
Napoleon affords us an example of the danger of elevating one's self to the absolute, and sacrificing everything to the carrying out of an idea.
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